diff --git a/src/maxdiffusion/models/attention_flax.py b/src/maxdiffusion/models/attention_flax.py
index 555caaf9..72a61102 100644
--- a/src/maxdiffusion/models/attention_flax.py
+++ b/src/maxdiffusion/models/attention_flax.py
@@ -186,17 +186,19 @@ def _tpu_flash_attention(
     kv_max_block_size = key.shape[1]
   else:
     kv_max_block_size = q_max_block_size
-  if flash_block_sizes:
+  # ensure that for cross attention we override the block sizes.
+  if flash_block_sizes and key.shape[1] == query.shape[1]:
     block_sizes = flash_block_sizes
   else:
+    block_size_q = flash_block_sizes.block_q if flash_block_sizes else q_max_block_size
     block_sizes = splash_attention_kernel.BlockSizes(
-        block_q=min(q_max_block_size, query.shape[2]),
+        block_q=block_size_q,
         block_kv_compute=min(kv_max_block_size, key.shape[2]),
         block_kv=min(kv_max_block_size, key.shape[2]),
-        block_q_dkv=min(q_max_block_size, query.shape[2]),
+        block_q_dkv=block_size_q,
         block_kv_dkv=min(kv_max_block_size, key.shape[2]),
         block_kv_dkv_compute=min(kv_max_block_size, query.shape[2]),
-        block_q_dq=None if attention_kernel == "tokamax_flash" else block_sizes.block_q_dq,
+        block_q_dq=None if attention_kernel == "tokamax_flash" else block_size_q,
         block_kv_dq=None if attention_kernel == "tokamax_flash" else min(kv_max_block_size, query.shape[2]),
         use_fused_bwd_kernel=True if attention_kernel == "tokamax_flash" else False,
     )
@@ -215,7 +217,6 @@ def _tpu_flash_attention(
       check_rep=False,
   )
   def wrap_flash_attention(query, key, value):
-
     uses_fused_kernel = block_sizes.use_fused_bwd_kernel
     block_q_sizes = (
         block_sizes.block_q,
@@ -1042,7 +1043,6 @@ def setup(self):
     )
 
   def __call__(self, hidden_states, encoder_hidden_states=None, attention_mask=None, image_rotary_emb=None):
-
     qkv_proj = self.qkv(hidden_states)
     B, L = hidden_states.shape[:2]
     H, D, K = self.heads, qkv_proj.shape[-1] // (self.heads * 3), 3
@@ -1054,7 +1054,6 @@ def __call__(self, hidden_states, encoder_hidden_states=None, attention_mask=Non
     key_proj = self.key_norm(key_proj)
 
     if encoder_hidden_states is not None:
-
       encoder_qkv_proj = self.encoder_qkv(encoder_hidden_states)
       B, L = encoder_hidden_states.shape[:2]
       H, D, K = self.heads, encoder_qkv_proj.shape[-1] // (self.heads * 3), 3
@@ -1148,7 +1147,6 @@ class FlaxAttention(nn.Module):
   quant: Quant = None
 
   def setup(self):
-
     if self.attention_kernel == "flash" and self.mesh is None:
       raise ValueError(f"The flash attention kernel requires a value for mesh, but mesh is {self.mesh}")
     inner_dim = self.dim_head * self.heads