diff --git a/tests/kernels/quantization/test_rocm_skinny_gemms.py b/tests/kernels/quantization/test_rocm_skinny_gemms.py
index 566cb0239..7606c2a91 100644
--- a/tests/kernels/quantization/test_rocm_skinny_gemms.py
+++ b/tests/kernels/quantization/test_rocm_skinny_gemms.py
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ def test_rocm_wvsplitk_fp8_kernel(
     out = ops.wvSplitKQ(B, A, dtype, scale_a, scale_b, get_cu_count(), BIAS)
 
     if xnorm:
-        assert torch.allclose(out, ref_out, atol=1e-3, rtol=1e-8)
+        torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref_out, atol=1e-3, rtol=1e-8)
+    elif k >= 32 * 1024:
+        # wider pytrch thresh for large-K & no xnorm
+        torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref_out, atol=0.07, rtol=5e-2)
     else:
-        assert torch.allclose(out, ref_out, 0.01)
+        torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref_out, atol=0.01, rtol=0.01)