diff --git a/torchao/experimental/ops/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight.cpp b/torchao/experimental/ops/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight.cpp
index 96bfe17b5a..8caffe4342 100644
--- a/torchao/experimental/ops/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight.cpp
+++ b/torchao/experimental/ops/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight/linear_8bit_act_xbit_weight.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ void linear_operator(
     nc = tiling_params->nc;
   } else {
     auto params = LinearTilingParams::from_target_tiles_per_thread(
-        m,
+        // We process m sequentially, so m_step is the "m" for the purpose of computing tiling params
+        m_step,
         m_step,
         n,
         n_step,