diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/native/Linear.cpp b/aten/src/ATen/native/Linear.cpp
index 3a4a8e1fd7f2d..847a2dab5e838 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/native/Linear.cpp
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/native/Linear.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ Tensor linear(const Tensor& input, const Tensor& weight, const c10::optional<Ten
     // Fused op is marginally faster.
     return at::addmm(*bias, input, weight.t());
   }
+  if (input.dim() == 3 && bias->defined() && input.is_contiguous()) {
+    // Also hit the fused path for contiguous 3D input.
+    const auto input_sizes = input.sizes();
+    const auto result = at::addmm(*bias, input.view({input_sizes[0] * input_sizes[1], input_sizes[2]}), weight.t());
+    return result.view({input_sizes[0], input_sizes[1], result.size(1)});
+  }
   auto output = at::matmul(input, weight.t());
   if (bias->defined()) {
     output.add_(*bias);