diff --git a/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py b/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
index df5a5a28ff..afdabecd5d 100644
--- a/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
+++ b/test/prototype/mx_formats/test_inference_workflow.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 )
 from torchao.quantization import quantize_
 from torchao.quantization.utils import compute_error
-from torchao.testing.utils import skip_if_rocm
+from torchao.testing.utils import TorchAOIntegrationTestCase, skip_if_rocm
 from torchao.utils import (
     is_sm_at_least_89,
     is_sm_at_least_100,
@@ -190,3 +190,31 @@ def test_inference_workflow_nvfp4(
     assert sqnr >= SQNR_THRESHOLD, (
         f"Got a sqnr of {sqnr} for NVFP4 recipe with bias={bias}, mm_config={mm_config}"
     )
+
+
+class VLLMIntegrationTestCase(TorchAOIntegrationTestCase):
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="CUDA not available")
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        not torch_version_at_least("2.8.0"),
+        reason="torch.compile requires PyTorch 2.8+",
+    )
+    def test_slice_and_copy_similar_to_vllm(self):
+        config = MXFPInferenceConfig(
+            activation_dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn,
+            weight_dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn,
+            gemm_kernel_choice=MXGemmKernelChoice.EMULATED,
+        )
+        self._test_slice_and_copy_similar_to_vllm(config)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="CUDA not available")
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        not torch_version_at_least("2.8.0"),
+        reason="torch.compile requires PyTorch 2.8+",
+    )
+    def test_narrow_similar_to_vllm(self):
+        config = MXFPInferenceConfig(
+            activation_dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn,
+            weight_dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn,
+            gemm_kernel_choice=MXGemmKernelChoice.EMULATED,
+        )
+        self._test_narrow_similar_to_vllm(config)
diff --git a/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py b/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
index 2eff1cc431..432ef393d2 100644
--- a/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
+++ b/torchao/prototype/mx_formats/mx_tensor.py
@@ -836,9 +836,7 @@ def mx_slice(func, types, args, kwargs):
         end_block = -1 if end is None else end // x._block_size
 
         # Slice the scale tensor accordingly
-        sliced_scale = aten.slice.Tensor(
-            scale_shaped, 1, start_block, end_block, step
-        ).unsqueeze(-1)
+        sliced_scale = aten.slice.Tensor(scale_shaped, 1, start_block, end_block, step)
     else:
         raise ValueError(
             f"MXTensor only supports slicing along dimensions 0 and 1, got dim={dim}"
@@ -861,20 +859,6 @@ def mx_slice(func, types, args, kwargs):
     )
 
 
-@implements([aten.copy_.default])
-def mx_copy_(func, types, args, kwargs):
-    self = args[0]
-    src = args[1]
-    if MXTensor._same_metadata(self, src):
-        self_tensors = self.__tensor_flatten__()[0]
-        for tensor_name in self_tensors:
-            getattr(self, tensor_name).copy_(getattr(src, tensor_name))
-        return
-    raise ValueError(
-        f"Not supported args for copy_ due to metadata mistach: {args[0], args[1]}"
-    )
-
-
 @implements([aten.clone.default])
 def mx_clone(func, types, args, kwargs):
     self = args[0]
diff --git a/torchao/testing/utils.py b/torchao/testing/utils.py
index bb9c2ca8dc..5fec85fee6 100644
--- a/torchao/testing/utils.py
+++ b/torchao/testing/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 )
 
 import torchao
+from torchao.core.config import AOBaseConfig
 from torchao.dtypes import AffineQuantizedTensor, to_affine_quantized_intx
 from torchao.quantization import Int8WeightOnlyConfig, quantize_
 from torchao.quantization.quant_primitives import MappingType
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
 
 
 class TorchAOIntegrationTestCase(common_utils.TestCase):
-    def _test_slice_and_copy_similar_to_vllm(self, config):
+    def _test_slice_and_copy_similar_to_vllm(self, config: AOBaseConfig):
         # making sure https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/90bd2ab6e3eb7e83d3f40d99fc23e6e43834743a/vllm/model_executor/layers/linear.py#L483-L495 works properly
         # the test is similar to the linked code, but with some hardcoded arguments
         # and does not use tensor parallelism
@@ -607,6 +608,23 @@ def process_key(key: str) -> torch.Tensor:
         # make sure it runs
         moe_combined(input)
 
+    def _test_narrow_similar_to_vllm(self, config: AOBaseConfig):
+        # this happens various times in vllm when slicing weights around
+
+        dtype = torch.bfloat16
+        l = torch.nn.Linear(1024, 1024, device="cuda", dtype=dtype)
+        quantize_(l, config)
+
+        orig = l.weight
+        new = orig.narrow(1, 0, 1024)
+
+        for data_attr_name in new.tensor_data_names:
+            orig_attr = getattr(orig, data_attr_name)
+            new_attr = getattr(new, data_attr_name)
+            assert len(orig_attr.shape) == len(new_attr.shape), (
+                f"shape mismatch: {orig_attr.shape} vs {new_attr.shape}"
+            )
+
 
 common_utils.instantiate_parametrized_tests(TorchAOBasicTestCase)
 common_utils.instantiate_parametrized_tests(TorchAOCompileTestCase)