diff --git a/src/liger_kernel/ops/softmax.py b/src/liger_kernel/ops/softmax.py
index 15db6cdda..8fe47e9ab 100644
--- a/src/liger_kernel/ops/softmax.py
+++ b/src/liger_kernel/ops/softmax.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 from liger_kernel.ops.utils import calculate_settings
 from liger_kernel.ops.utils import ensure_contiguous
 
+# Largest single-block row width; rows wider than this use the multi-block
+# kernels, which loop over the row in tiles of this size. Matches the
+# MAX_FUSED_SIZE cap in calculate_settings().
+MAX_FUSED_SIZE = 65536
+
 
 @triton.jit
 def _softmax_single_block_forward_kernel(
@@ -41,14 +46,14 @@ def _softmax_multi_block_forward_kernel(
     row_id = tl.program_id(0)
     offs = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
 
-    m = tl.float32(-float("inf"))
-    d = tl.float32(0.0)
+    m = -float("inf")
+    d = 0.0
     for start in tl.range(0, n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE):
         idx = start + offs
         mask = idx < n_cols
         xblk = tl.load(X_ptr + row_id * X_row_stride + idx, mask=mask, other=-float("inf"), cache_modifier=".ca")
         blk_max = tl.max(xblk, axis=0)
-        new_m = tl.max(m, blk_max)
+        new_m = tl.maximum(m, blk_max)
         d = d * tl.exp(m - new_m) + tl.sum(tl.exp(xblk - new_m), axis=0)
         m = new_m
 
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ def _softmax_multi_block_backward_kernel(
 ):
     row_id = tl.program_id(0)
     offs = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
-    acc = tl.float32(0.0)
+    acc = 0.0
 
     for start in tl.range(0, n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE):
         idx = start + offs
@@ -118,15 +123,19 @@ def _softmax_forward(x: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, int, int, bool]:
     x2d = x.contiguous().view(-1, n_cols)
     n_rows = x2d.shape[0]
 
-    BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps = calculate_settings(n_cols)
     y2d = torch.empty_like(x2d)
 
-    if n_cols <= BLOCK_SIZE:
+    # For rows that fit in a single block, keep the (faster) single-block path.
+    # Wider rows would make calculate_settings(n_cols) raise, so cap the block
+    # size and use the multi-block kernel, which loops over the row in tiles.
+    if n_cols <= MAX_FUSED_SIZE:
+        BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps = calculate_settings(n_cols)
         _softmax_single_block_forward_kernel[(n_rows,)](
             y2d, y2d.stride(0), x2d, x2d.stride(0), n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps=num_warps
         )
         multi_block_launch = False
     else:
+        BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps = calculate_settings(MAX_FUSED_SIZE)
         _softmax_multi_block_forward_kernel[(n_rows,)](
             y2d, y2d.stride(0), x2d, x2d.stride(0), n_cols, BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps=num_warps
         )
diff --git a/test/transformers/test_softmax.py b/test/transformers/test_softmax.py
index 6c0666de1..957fe011f 100644
--- a/test/transformers/test_softmax.py
+++ b/test/transformers/test_softmax.py
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
         (4, 16),
         (1, 1023),  # Large single row single-block dispatch
         (3, 7, 256),  # 3D input
-        (1, 4096),  # test multi-block dispatch
-        (1, 2, 4096),  # test multi-block dispatch on 3D input
+        (1, 4096),  # single-block dispatch (4096 <= MAX_FUSED_SIZE)
+        (1, 2, 4096),  # single-block dispatch on 3D input
+        (2, 70000),  # > MAX_FUSED_SIZE: exercises the multi-block dispatch
+        (1, 3, 70000),  # multi-block dispatch on 3D input
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ def test_liger_softmax(shape, dtype, atol, rtol):
         (3, 7, 256),
         (1, 4096),
         (1, 2, 4096),
+        (2, 70000),  # > MAX_FUSED_SIZE: exercises the multi-block dispatch
+        (1, 3, 70000),
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(