diff --git a/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py b/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
index da1b0499599fbb..16051586eb61e8 100644
--- a/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
+++ b/flash_attn/layers/rotary.py
@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@ def forward(ctx, x, cos, sin, inplace=False):
         rotary_dim *= 2
         assert rotary_dim <= headdim
         assert seqlen <= rotary_seqlen
-        assert cos.shape == (rotary_seqlen, rotary_dim // 2)
         assert sin.shape == (rotary_seqlen, rotary_dim // 2)
         x1, x2 = x[..., :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
         out = torch.empty_like(x) if not inplace else x
         o1, o2 = out[..., :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1) if not inplace else (x1, x2)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(x1, x2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), o1, o2, False)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(x1, x2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), o1, o2, False)
         if not inplace and rotary_dim < headdim:
             out[..., rotary_dim:].copy_(x[..., rotary_dim:])
         ctx.save_for_backward(cos, sin)
@@ -66,8 +65,8 @@ def backward(ctx, do):
         do1, do2 = do[..., :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
         dx = torch.empty_like(do) if not inplace else do
         dx1, dx2 = dx[..., :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1) if not inplace else (do1, do2)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(do1, do2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dx1, dx2, True)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(do1, do2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dx1, dx2, True)
         if not inplace and rotary_dim < headdim:
             dx[..., rotary_dim:].copy_(do[..., rotary_dim:])
         return dx, None, None, None
@@ -92,14 +91,13 @@ def forward(ctx, qkv, cos, sin):
         rotary_dim *= 2
         assert rotary_dim <= headdim
         assert seqlen <= rotary_seqlen
-        assert cos.shape == (seqlen, rotary_dim // 2)
-        assert sin.shape == (seqlen, rotary_dim // 2)
+        assert sin.shape == (rotary_seqlen, rotary_dim // 2)
         q1, q2 = qkv[:, :, 0, :, :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(q1, q2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), q1, q2, False)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(q1, q2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), q1, q2, False)
         k1, k2 = qkv[:, :, 1, :, :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(k1, k2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), k1, k2, False)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(k1, k2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), k1, k2, False)
         ctx.save_for_backward(cos, sin)
         return qkv
 
@@ -110,11 +108,11 @@ def backward(ctx, dqkv):
         rotary_dim = cos.shape[-1]
         rotary_dim *= 2
         dq1, dq2 = dqkv[:, :, 0, :, :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(dq1, dq2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dq1, dq2, True)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(dq1, dq2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dq1, dq2, True)
         dk1, dk2 = dqkv[:, :, 1, :, :rotary_dim].chunk(2, dim=-1)
-        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(dk1, dk2, rearrange(cos[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
-                                rearrange(sin[:, :seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dk1, dk2, True)
+        rotary_emb.apply_rotary(dk1, dk2, rearrange(cos[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'),
+                                rearrange(sin[:seqlen], 's d -> s 1 d'), dk1, dk2, True)
         return dqkv, None, None