diff --git a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_scan.py b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_scan.py
index fa5b813a..95907806 100644
--- a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_scan.py
+++ b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_scan.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_fwd_kernel(
         dA_cs_k = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         # If there's seq_idx, we already set cb[i, j] = 0 for seq_idx[i] != seq_idx[j].
         # So we don't need masking wrt seq_idx here.
-        cb *= tl.exp((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_k[None, :]))
+        # cb *= tl.exp((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_k[None, :]))
+        cb *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_k[None, :]), 0.0))
         dt_k = tl.load(dt_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         cb *= dt_k
         if IS_CAUSAL:
@@ -679,7 +680,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_bwd_dx_kernel(
         cb = tl.load(cb_ptrs, mask=(offs_m[:, None] < chunk_size) & (offs_k[None, :] < K_MAX - k), other=0.0)
         dout = tl.load(dout_ptrs, mask=(offs_k[:, None] < K_MAX - k) & (offs_n[None, :] < hdim), other=0.0)
         dA_cs_k = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_k < K_MAX - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-        cb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None])
+        # cb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None])
+        cb *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None]), 0.0))
         # If we don't have the (k + offs_k[None, :] < K_MAX) mask, for indices outside this range,
         # we might have dA_cs_m = 0.0 and dA_cs_k very negative, and tl.exp will return inf.
         # Multiplying with cb, which is 0.0 outside the range, will make the result NaN.
@@ -816,7 +818,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_bwd_dcb_kernel(
         dcb *= dt_n
         dA_cs_m = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_m * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_m < chunk_size_limit, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         dA_cs_n = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_n * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_n < chunk_size_limit, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-        dcb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+        # dcb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+        dcb *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :]), 0.0))
         if HAS_DDA_CS:
             tl.static_assert(not HAS_SEQ_IDX, "HAS_SEQ_IDX not supported with HAS_DDA_CS yet")
             ddA_cs = dcb * cb
@@ -1008,7 +1011,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_bwd_ddAcs_stable_kernel_old(
     acc *= dt_n
     dA_cs_m = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_m * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
     dA_cs_n = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_n * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_n < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-    acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+    # acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+    acc *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :]), 0.0))
     mask = offs_m[:, None] >= offs_n[None, :] + 1
     acc = tl.where(mask, acc, 0.0)
     acc = tl.cumsum(acc, axis=1)
@@ -1134,7 +1138,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_bwd_ddAcs_stable_kernel(
         cb = tl.load(cb_ptrs, mask=(offs_m[:, None] < chunk_size) & (offs_n[None, :] < chunk_size - start_n), other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         acc *= cb
         dA_cs_n = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + (start_n + offs_n) * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_n < chunk_size - start_n, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-        acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+        # acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :])
+        acc *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_m[:, None] - dA_cs_n[None, :]), 0.0))
         mask = offs_m[:, None] >= start_n + offs_n[None, :] + 1
         acc = tl.where(mask, acc, 0.0)
         rowsum_new = rowsum + tl.sum(acc, axis=1)
diff --git a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_state.py b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_state.py
index bb49c9a9..ab5ca333 100644
--- a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_state.py
+++ b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_chunk_state.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def _chunk_cumsum_bwd_kernel(
         dt += dt_bias[:, None]
     if DT_SOFTPLUS:
         dt_presoftplus = dt
-        dt = tl.where(dt <= 20.0, softplus(dt), ddt)
+        dt = tl.where(dt <= 20.0, softplus(dt), dt)
     clamp_mask = (dt < dt_min) | (dt > dt_max)
     # As of Triton 2.2.0, tl.clamp is not available yet
     # dt = tl.clamp(dt, dt_min, dt_max)
@@ -229,9 +229,11 @@ def _chunk_state_fwd_kernel(
             seq_idx_k = tl.load(seq_idx_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k, other=-1)
         dt_k = tl.load(dt_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         if not HAS_SEQ_IDX:
-            scale = tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k
+            # scale = tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k
+            scale = tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k), 0.0)) * dt_k
         else:
-            scale = tl.where(seq_idx_k == seq_idx_last, tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k, 0.0)
+            # scale = tl.where(seq_idx_k == seq_idx_last, tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k, 0.0)
+            scale = tl.where(seq_idx_k == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k), 0.0)) * dt_k, 0.0)
         b *= scale[:, None]
         b = b.to(x_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
         acc += tl.dot(x, b)
@@ -332,7 +334,8 @@ def _chunk_state_bwd_dx_kernel(
     dA_cumsum_ptrs = dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_m * stride_dA_cs_csize
     dA_cs_m = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
     dt_m = tl.load(dt_ptrs, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-    acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)[:, None]
+    # acc *= tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)[:, None]
+    acc *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0))[:, None]
 
     x_ptrs = x_ptr + (offs_m[:, None] * stride_x_seqlen + offs_n[None, :] * stride_x_hdim)
     x = tl.load(x_ptrs, mask=(offs_m[:, None] < chunk_size_limit) & (offs_n[None, :] < hdim), other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
@@ -434,9 +437,11 @@ def _chunk_state_bwd_db_kernel(
         dA_cs_m = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         dt_m = tl.load(dt_ptrs, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         if not HAS_SEQ_IDX:
-            scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+            # scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+            scale = tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0))
         else:
-            scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+            # scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+            scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0), 0.0)
         db *= (scale * dt_m)[:, None]
         if HAS_DDA_CS:
             # This is the gradient wrt (dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), i.e. the exclusive reverse cumsum
@@ -549,11 +554,13 @@ def _chunk_state_bwd_ddAcs_stable_kernel(
     dA_cs_m = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + offs_m * stride_dA_cs_csize, mask=offs_m < chunk_size, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
     dA_cs_last = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + (chunk_size - 1) * stride_dA_cs_csize).to(tl.float32)
     if not HAS_SEQ_IDX:
-        scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+        # scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+        scale = tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0))
     else:
         seq_idx_m = tl.load(seq_idx_ptr + offs_m * stride_seq_idx_seqlen, mask=offs_m < chunk_size_limit, other=-1)
         seq_idx_last = tl.load(seq_idx_ptr + (chunk_size_limit - 1) * stride_seq_idx_seqlen)
-        scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+        # scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+        scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)), 0.0)
     acc *= scale[:, None]
 
     x_ptrs = x_ptr + (offs_m[:, None] * stride_x_seqlen + offs_n[None, :] * stride_x_hdim)
@@ -634,8 +641,10 @@ def _chunk_state_varlen_kernel(
         b = tl.load(b_ptrs, mask=(offs_k[:, None] < chunk_size_limit - k) & (offs_n[None, :] < dstate) & (offs_k[:, None] >= start_idx_cur - k), other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         dA_cs_k = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
         dt_k = tl.load(dt_ptrs, mask=offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
+        # scale = tl.where((offs_k >= start_idx_cur - k) & (offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k),
+        #                  tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k, 0.0)
         scale = tl.where((offs_k >= start_idx_cur - k) & (offs_k < chunk_size_limit - k),
-                         tl.exp((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k)) * dt_k, 0.0)
+                         tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_k), 0.0)) * dt_k, 0.0)
         b *= scale[:, None]
         b = b.to(x_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
         acc += tl.dot(x, b)
diff --git a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_combined.py b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_combined.py
index 58a6e04a..ab93ec08 100644
--- a/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_combined.py
+++ b/mamba_ssm/ops/triton/ssd_combined.py
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ def init_to_zero(names):
     return lambda nargs: [nargs[name].zero_() for name in names if nargs[name] is not None]
 
 
+def rearrange_and_update_stride(tensor, pattern=None, dim=2):
+    # ensure tensor.stride(dim) is a multiple of eight after rearranging according to pattern,
+    # if not call contiguous(), rearrange only if pattern is not None
+    tensor_rearranged = rearrange(tensor, pattern) if pattern is not None else tensor
+    return tensor_rearranged.contiguous() if tensor_rearranged.stride(dim) % 8 != 0 else tensor_rearranged
+
+
 @triton.autotune(
     configs=[
         triton.Config({'BLOCK_SIZE_M': 128, 'BLOCK_SIZE_N': 256, 'BLOCK_SIZE_K': 64}, num_stages=3, num_warps=8, pre_hook=init_to_zero(["ddt_ptr"])),
@@ -120,11 +127,13 @@ def _chunk_scan_chunk_state_bwd_dx_kernel(
 
     dA_cs_last = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptr + (chunk_size - 1) * stride_dA_cs_csize).to(tl.float32)
     if not HAS_SEQ_IDX:
-        scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+        # scale = tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m)
+        scale = tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0))
     else:
         seq_idx_m = tl.load(seq_idx_ptr + offs_m * stride_seq_idx_seqlen, mask=offs_m < chunk_size_limit, other=-1)
         seq_idx_last = tl.load(seq_idx_ptr + (chunk_size_limit - 1) * stride_seq_idx_seqlen)
-        scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+        # scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)
+        scale = tl.where(seq_idx_m == seq_idx_last, tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_last - dA_cs_m), 0.0)), 0.0)
     # Might be faster to just do 1 iteration with larger BLOCK_SIZE_K, up to block size 128
     # However, we're getting error with the Triton compiler 2.1.0 for that code path:
     # Unexpected mma -> mma layout conversion
@@ -170,7 +179,8 @@ def _chunk_scan_chunk_state_bwd_dx_kernel(
         cb = tl.load(cb_ptrs, mask=(offs_m[:, None] < chunk_size) & (offs_k[None, :] < K_MAX - k), other=0.0)
         dout = tl.load(dout_ptrs, mask=(offs_k[:, None] < K_MAX - k) & (offs_n[None, :] < hdim), other=0.0)
         dA_cs_k = tl.load(dA_cumsum_ptrs, mask=offs_k < K_MAX - k, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
-        cb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None])
+        # cb *= tl.exp(dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None])
+        cb *= tl.exp(tl.minimum((dA_cs_k[None, :] - dA_cs_m[:, None]), 0.0))
         # If we don't have the (k + offs_k[None, :] < K_MAX) mask, for indices outside this range,
         # we might have dA_cs_m = 0.0 and dA_cs_k very negative, and tl.exp will return inf.
         # Multiplying with cb, which is 0.0 outside the range, will make the result NaN.
@@ -776,7 +786,7 @@ def forward(ctx, zxbcdt, conv1d_weight, conv1d_bias, dt_bias, A, D, chunk_size,
         zx0, z, xBC, dt = torch.split(zxbcdt, [2 * d_nonssm, dim, dim + ngroups * dstate * 2, nheads], dim=-1)
         seq_idx = seq_idx.contiguous() if seq_idx is not None else None
         xBC_conv = rearrange(
-            causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_fwd(rearrange(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"),
+            causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_fwd(rearrange_and_update_stride(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"),
                                                  conv1d_weight, conv1d_bias, seq_idx, None, None, activation in ["silu", "swish"]),
             "b d s -> b s d"
         )
@@ -850,7 +860,7 @@ def backward(ctx, dout, *args):
         zx0, z, xBC, dt = torch.split(zxbcdt, [2 * d_nonssm, dim, dim + 2 * ctx.ngroups * dstate, nheads], dim=-1)
         # Recompute x, B, C
         xBC_conv = rearrange(
-            causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_fwd(rearrange(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"),
+            causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_fwd(rearrange_and_update_stride(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"),
                                                  conv1d_weight, conv1d_bias, seq_idx, None, None, ctx.activation in ["silu", "swish"]),
             "b d s -> b s d"
         )
@@ -900,10 +910,14 @@ def backward(ctx, dout, *args):
         else:
             doutproj_weight, doutproj_bias = None, None
         dxBC_given = rearrange(dxBC_given, "b s d -> b d s")
-        dxBC_given, dweight, dbias, *_ = causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_bwd(
-            rearrange(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"), conv1d_weight, conv1d_bias,
-            rearrange(dxBC, "b s d -> b d s"), seq_idx, None, None, dxBC_given, False, ctx.activation in ["silu", "swish"]
+        dxBC_given_update, dweight, dbias, *_ = causal_conv1d_cuda.causal_conv1d_bwd(
+            rearrange_and_update_stride(xBC, "b s d -> b d s"), conv1d_weight, conv1d_bias,
+            rearrange(dxBC, "b s d -> b d s"), seq_idx, None, None, rearrange_and_update_stride(dxBC_given), False, ctx.activation in ["silu", "swish"]
         )
+        if dxBC_given.stride() != dxBC_given_update.stride():
+            dxBC_given.copy_(dxBC_given_update)
+        else:
+            dxBC_given = dxBC_given_update
         dxBC_given = rearrange(dxBC_given, "b d s -> b s d")
         return dzxbcdt, dweight, dbias, ddt_bias, dA, dD, None, dinitial_states, None, None, None, None, drmsnorm_weight, None, doutproj_weight, doutproj_bias, None, None, None