diff --git a/geomstats/_backend/pytorch/__init__.py b/geomstats/_backend/pytorch/__init__.py
index 1b5aac2dba..5ff380fdf8 100644
--- a/geomstats/_backend/pytorch/__init__.py
+++ b/geomstats/_backend/pytorch/__init__.py
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@ def _unnest_iterable(ls):
     return out
 
 
-def pad(a, pad_width, constant_value=0.0):
+def pad(a, pad_width, mode="constant", constant_values=0.0):
     return _torch.nn.functional.pad(
-        a, _unnest_iterable(reversed(pad_width)), value=constant_value
+        a, _unnest_iterable(reversed(pad_width)), mode=mode, value=constant_values
     )