diff --git a/nanochat/fp8.py b/nanochat/fp8.py
index 86497607..3e882858 100644
--- a/nanochat/fp8.py
+++ b/nanochat/fp8.py
@@ -173,16 +173,15 @@ class _Float8Matmul(torch.autograd.Function):
 
         # === GEMM 2: grad_weight = grad_output.T @ input ===
         # Shapes: [N, B] @ [B, K] -> [N, K]
-        go_fp8_2, go_inv_2 = _to_fp8(grad_output, torch.float8_e5m2)
-        # go_fp8_2 is [B, N] contiguous, we need go.T = [N, B] as first arg.
+        # go_fp8 is [B, N] contiguous, we need go.T = [N, B] as first arg.
         # Transposing gives column-major, but first arg needs row-major,
         # so we must call .contiguous() to physically rearrange the memory.
-        go_T = go_fp8_2.t().contiguous()  # [N, B] row-major
+        go_T = go_fp8.t().contiguous()  # [N, B] row-major
         in_col = _to_col_major(in_fp8)    # [B, K] column-major
         grad_weight = torch._scaled_mm(
             go_T,
             in_col,
-            scale_a=go_inv_2,
+            scale_a=go_inv,
             scale_b=in_inv,
             out_dtype=grad_output.dtype,
             use_fast_accum=False,