diff --git a/aiter/tuned_gemm.py b/aiter/tuned_gemm.py
index 14910191a6..d054d37090 100644
--- a/aiter/tuned_gemm.py
+++ b/aiter/tuned_gemm.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from aiter import (
     dtypes,
     gemm_a16w16_asm,
-    getHipblasltKernelName,
     hipb_create_extension,
     hipb_mm,
     logger,
@@ -130,7 +129,10 @@ def gen_gemm_a16w16_fake_tensor(
     scale_c: Optional[Tensor] = None,
 ) -> Tensor:
     out = torch.empty(
-        A.view(-1, A.size(-1)).shape[0], B.shape[0], dtype=A.dtype, device=A.device
+        A.view(-1, A.size(-1)).shape[0],
+        B.shape[0],
+        dtype=otype or A.dtype,
+        device=A.device,
     )
     return out.view(*A.shape[:-1], B.shape[0])