diff --git a/aiter/ops/triton/pa_mqa_logits.py b/aiter/ops/triton/pa_mqa_logits.py
index 2227041099..b54e2a0620 100644
--- a/aiter/ops/triton/pa_mqa_logits.py
+++ b/aiter/ops/triton/pa_mqa_logits.py
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ def _compile_deepgemm_fp8_paged_mqa_logits(
         )
     else:
         padded_str = "T" if is_padded_mode and not Preshuffle else "F"
-        kernel_str = f"paged_mqa_logits{"_preshuffle" if Preshuffle else ""}_{ChunkQ}x{ChunkK}x{HiddenDim}_B{KVBlockSize}P{padded_str}W{WavePerEU}"
+        preshuffle_suffix = "_preshuffle" if Preshuffle else ""
+        kernel_str = f"paged_mqa_logits{preshuffle_suffix}_{ChunkQ}x{ChunkK}x{HiddenDim}_B{KVBlockSize}P{padded_str}W{WavePerEU}"
         metadata_pth = f"{AITER_TRITON_CONFIGS_PATH}/paged_mqa_logits/aot/{kernel_str}"
         with AOTMetadataContext(
             kernel_fn.fn.__name__,