diff --git a/test/test_linalg.py b/test/test_linalg.py
index b5ed3af02729f..1f5d4009cebba 100644
--- a/test/test_linalg.py
+++ b/test/test_linalg.py
@@ -4759,6 +4759,7 @@ def test_matmul_small_brute_force_3d_Nd(self, device, dtype):
     @onlyCUDA
     @skipCUDAIfNotRocm  # Skipping due to SM89 OOM in CI, UT doesn't do much on NV anyways
     @dtypes(*floating_types_and(torch.half))
+    @precisionOverride({torch.float16: 1e-1})  # TunableOp may occasionally find less precise solution
     def test_matmul_small_brute_force_tunableop(self, device, dtype):
         # disable tunableop buffer rotation for all tests everywhere, it can be slow
         # We set the TunableOp numerical check environment variable here because it is