diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94a52a9a6fa..1c14035e158 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
--
+- Fixed support for pixelwise MSE ([#2017](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/torchmetrics/pull/2017)
 
 
 ## [1.1.0] - 2023-08-22
diff --git a/src/torchmetrics/functional/regression/mse.py b/src/torchmetrics/functional/regression/mse.py
index fa20a3c96b6..c7d6d47dbfe 100644
--- a/src/torchmetrics/functional/regression/mse.py
+++ b/src/torchmetrics/functional/regression/mse.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
 
-from torchmetrics.functional.regression.utils import _check_data_shape_to_num_outputs
 from torchmetrics.utilities.checks import _check_same_shape
 
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ def _mean_squared_error_update(preds: Tensor, target: Tensor, num_outputs: int)
 
     """
     _check_same_shape(preds, target)
-    _check_data_shape_to_num_outputs(preds, target, num_outputs, allow_1d_reshape=True)
     if num_outputs == 1:
         preds = preds.view(-1)
         target = target.view(-1)