diff --git a/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/layernorm2d_fwd.cpp b/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/layernorm2d_fwd.cpp
index 43f4e8c724..8f029c212c 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/layernorm2d_fwd.cpp
+++ b/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/layernorm2d_fwd.cpp
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
     ck_tile::HostTensor<XScaleDataType> x_scale_host_dev({n});
 
     ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<XDataType>{-.5f, .5f}(x_host);
+    ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<XResidualDataType>{-.5f, .5f}(x_residual_host);
+    ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<XScaleDataType>{-1.f, 1.f}(x_scale_host);
     ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<GammaDataType>{-.5f, .5f}(gamma_host);
     ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<BetaDataType>{-.5f, .5f}(beta_host);
-    ck_tile::FillUniformDistribution<XScaleDataType>{-1.f, 1.f}(x_scale_host);
 
     ck_tile::DeviceMem x_buf(x_host.get_element_space_size_in_bytes());
     ck_tile::DeviceMem gamma_buf(gamma_host.get_element_space_size_in_bytes());
@@ -212,7 +213,11 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
                            x_host.mData.cend(),
                            x_residual_host.mData.cbegin(),
                            x_host.mData.begin(),
-                           std::plus<XDataType>{});
+                           [](auto x_, auto r_) {
+                               auto o_ = ck_tile::type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x_) +
+                                         ck_tile::type_convert<ComputeDataType>(r_);
+                               return ck_tile::type_convert<XDataType>(o_);
+                           });
         }
         ck_tile::reference_layernorm2d_fwd<XDataType,
                                            GammaDataType,
@@ -280,10 +285,10 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
 
         y_buf.FromDevice(y_host_dev.data());
 
-        ck_tile::HostTensor<YResidualDataType> sy_host_dev({m, n}, {stride, 1});
+        ck_tile::HostTensor<YResidualDataType> y_residual_host_dev({m, n}, {stride, 1});
         if(fused_add == 1)
         {
-            y_residual_buf.FromDevice(sy_host_dev.data());
+            y_residual_buf.FromDevice(y_residual_host_dev.data());
         }
 
         auto [rtol, atol] = get_elimit<InDataType>();
@@ -294,8 +299,11 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
                 y_host_dev, y_host_ref, std::string("OUT Error: Incorrect results!"), rtol, atol);
             if(fused_add == 1)
             {
-                pass &= ck_tile::check_err(
-                    sy_host_dev, x_host, std::string("ADD Error: Incorrect results!"), rtol, atol);
+                pass &= ck_tile::check_err(y_residual_host_dev,
+                                           x_host,
+                                           std::string("ADD Error: Incorrect results!"),
+                                           rtol,
+                                           atol);
             }
         }
         else
@@ -314,12 +322,13 @@ bool run(const ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
                                            atol);
                 if(fused_add == 1)
                 {
-                    std::vector<YResidualDataType> sy_host_dev_row(
-                        sy_host_dev.begin() + i_r * stride, sy_host_dev.begin() + i_r * stride + n);
-                    std::vector<YResidualDataType> sy_host_ref_row(
+                    std::vector<YResidualDataType> y_residual_host_dev_row(
+                        y_residual_host_dev.begin() + i_r * stride,
+                        y_residual_host_dev.begin() + i_r * stride + n);
+                    std::vector<YResidualDataType> y_residual_host_ref_row(
                         x_host.begin() + i_r * stride, x_host.begin() + i_r * stride + n);
-                    pass &= ck_tile::check_err(sy_host_dev_row,
-                                               sy_host_ref_row,
+                    pass &= ck_tile::check_err(y_residual_host_dev_row,
+                                               y_residual_host_ref_row,
                                                std::string("ADD[") + std::to_string(i_r) +
                                                    std::string("] Error: Incorrect results!"),
                                                rtol,
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_one_pass.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_one_pass.hpp
index 16a7c3b86d..5601f3a68c 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_one_pass.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_one_pass.hpp
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ struct Layernorm2dFwdPipelineOnePass
         {
             sweep_tile(x_resi, [&](auto idx) {
                 // compute x = x_resi + x
-                x(idx) = type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
-                         type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x(idx));
+                auto re_ = type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
+                           type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x(idx));
+                x(idx) = type_convert<XDataType>(re_);
             });
             if constexpr(kFusedAdd == Layernorm2dFusedAddEnum::PRE_ADD_STORE)
                 store_tile(y_residual_window, x);
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_two_pass.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_two_pass.hpp
index ec10efbc69..48f66739da 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_two_pass.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/layernorm2d/pipeline/layernorm2d_fwd_pipeline_two_pass.hpp
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ struct Layernorm2dFwdPipelineTwoPass
             {
                 sweep_tile(x_resi, [&](auto idx) {
                     // compute x = x_resi + x
-                    x(idx) = type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
-                             type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x(idx));
+                    auto re_ = type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
+                               type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x(idx));
+                    x(idx) = type_convert<XDataType>(re_);
                 });
                 if constexpr(kFusedAdd == Layernorm2dFusedAddEnum::PRE_ADD_STORE)
                 {
@@ -170,8 +171,9 @@ struct Layernorm2dFwdPipelineTwoPass
             {
                 sweep_tile(x_resi, [&](auto idx) {
                     // compute x = x_resi + x
-                    x(idx) = type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
-                             type_convert<YResidualDataType>(x(idx));
+                    auto re_ = type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x_resi(idx)) +
+                               type_convert<ComputeDataType>(x(idx));
+                    x(idx) = type_convert<XDataType>(re_);
                 });
             }
             // load gamma/beta (TODO: support no gamma/beta?)