diff --git a/csrc/scheduler/reduction.cpp b/csrc/scheduler/reduction.cpp
index 5b11a13e929..44d00ce950d 100644
--- a/csrc/scheduler/reduction.cpp
+++ b/csrc/scheduler/reduction.cpp
@@ -206,8 +206,13 @@ bool mayUseTma(
     return false;
   }
 
-  // For small TMA sizes, the smem indirection is not worth it.
-  if (props.total_reduction_numel < 128) {
+  int64_t dtype_bytes = props.max_dtype_size_bit_for_vectorization / 8;
+  uint64_t total_reduction_bytes = props.total_reduction_numel * dtype_bytes;
+
+  // Minimum TMA transfer size, below which it seems much slower than non-TMA.
+  uint64_t min_tma_bytes = 16384;
+
+  if (total_reduction_bytes < min_tma_bytes) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/csrc/scheduler/reduction_tma.cpp b/csrc/scheduler/reduction_tma.cpp
index 3a3ac4fe319..d26f20087c2 100644
--- a/csrc/scheduler/reduction_tma.cpp
+++ b/csrc/scheduler/reduction_tma.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ std::unique_ptr<TmaInnerReductionParams> getReductionHeuristics(
   FusionGuard fg(fusion);
 
   auto dev_prop = at::cuda::getCurrentDeviceProperties();
+
+  // Vectorization is not as useful for TMA since we're not doing global loads.
+  // For now we don't do it.
+  int64_t vectorization_factor = 1;
+
+  // Benchmarking shows some benefit to 512 block size for has_mufu_computation,
+  // but it's not across the board. Stick to 256 for now.
+  int64_t threads_per_block = 256;
+
   const int64_t max_threads_per_sm = dev_prop->maxThreadsPerMultiProcessor;
   const int64_t target_threads_per_sm = max_threads_per_sm / 2;
 
@@ -36,11 +45,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<TmaInnerReductionParams> getReductionHeuristics(
       target_threads_per_sm,
       props.has_mufu_computation);
 
-  // Initialize split factors
-  int64_t vectorization_factor =
-      std::min(target_vect_unroll, props.vectorize_factor);
-  int64_t threads_per_block = 128;
-  int64_t unroll_factor = target_vect_unroll / vectorization_factor;
+  // Since vectorization isn't currently performed, fold the entire vect_unroll
+  // factor into unroll.
+  int64_t unroll_factor = scheduler_utils::lastPow2(target_vect_unroll);
 
   auto params = std::make_unique<TmaInnerReductionParams>();
   params->vectorization_factor = vectorization_factor;
@@ -63,6 +70,8 @@ void scheduleReduction(Fusion* fusion, const TmaInnerReductionParams* rparams) {
   // fusion segmentation
   scheduler_utils::clearMemorySpace(fusion);
 
+  scheduler_utils::cacheAndForkOutputs(fusion, true);
+
   scheduler_utils::prepareForMemoryTypePromotion(fusion);
 
   std::vector<TensorView*> tma_tvs;
@@ -109,8 +118,11 @@ void scheduleReduction(Fusion* fusion, const TmaInnerReductionParams* rparams) {
   //        -> [I, R/vect/tidx/unroll, unroll, tidx, vect]
 
   // Split 1: Vectorization factor (innermost serial split for TMA)
-  reduction_tv->split(inner_reduce_axis, rparams->vectorization_factor);
-  reduction_tv->axis(inner_reduce_axis + 1)->parallelize(ParallelType::Serial);
+  if (rparams->vectorization_factor > 1) {
+    reduction_tv->split(inner_reduce_axis, rparams->vectorization_factor);
+    reduction_tv->axis(inner_reduce_axis + 1)
+        ->parallelize(ParallelType::Serial);
+  }
 
   // Split 2: TIDx (always applied)
   reduction_tv->split(inner_reduce_axis, rparams->threads_per_block);
diff --git a/tests/cpp/test_reduction.cpp b/tests/cpp/test_reduction.cpp
index 827418ac232..15c027d0e5b 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/test_reduction.cpp
+++ b/tests/cpp/test_reduction.cpp
@@ -2815,11 +2815,6 @@ class TmaInnerReductionTest
 
   // Check if we expect TMA to be used based on mayUseTma() conditions
   bool expectTmaUsed(DataType dtype, int64_t reduction_size) {
-    // Skip TMA for small reductions
-    if (reduction_size < 128) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     // TMA requires 16-byte alignment (vectorize_factor > 1)
     int64_t dtype_size_bit = dataTypeSizeBit(dtype);
     int64_t dtype_bytes = dtype_size_bit / 8;
@@ -2828,6 +2823,15 @@ class TmaInnerReductionTest
       return false;
     }
 
+    uint64_t total_reduction_bytes = reduction_size * dtype_bytes;
+
+    // Minimum TMA transfer size, below which it seems much slower than non-TMA.
+    uint64_t min_tma_bytes = 16384;
+
+    if (total_reduction_bytes < min_tma_bytes) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     // Reduction dim must fit into smem
     auto dev_prop = at::cuda::getCurrentDeviceProperties();
     int64_t smem_elems =