diff --git a/flashinfer-aot/csrc_aot/batch_prefill.cu b/flashinfer-aot/csrc_aot/batch_prefill.cu
index 0289269f..d192514d 100644
--- a/flashinfer-aot/csrc_aot/batch_prefill.cu
+++ b/flashinfer-aot/csrc_aot/batch_prefill.cu
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ std::vector<int64_t> BatchPrefillWithKVCachePlan(
   return plan_info.ToVector();
 }
 
-std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheRun(
+torch::Tensor BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheRun(
     unsigned int mask_mode_code, torch::Tensor float_workspace_buffer,
     torch::Tensor int_workspace_buffer, std::vector<int64_t> plan_info_vec, torch::Tensor q,
     torch::Tensor k, torch::Tensor v, std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_custom_mask,
     std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_alibi_slopes, torch::Tensor qo_indptr,
     torch::Tensor kv_indptr, std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_qk_indptr, unsigned int layout,
     int32_t window_left, float logits_soft_cap, float sm_scale, float rope_scale, float rope_theta,
-    bool return_lse) {
+    std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_lse) {
   PrefillPlanInfo plan_info;
   plan_info.FromVector(plan_info_vec);
   QKVLayout kv_layout = static_cast<QKVLayout>(layout);
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheRun(
   auto device = float_workspace_buffer.device();
   cudaStream_t torch_current_stream = c10::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream(device.index());
   auto o = torch::empty_like(q, q.options());
-  int64_t nnz_qo = q.size(0);
-  torch::Tensor lse = torch::empty({0});
-  if (return_lse) {
-    lse = torch::empty({nnz_qo, num_qo_heads}, q.options().dtype(torch::kFloat32));
+  if (maybe_lse) {
+    const auto& lse = *maybe_lse;
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.size(0) == q.size(0), lse.size(0), q.size(0));
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.size(1) == q.size(1), lse.size(1), q.size(1));
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.dtype() == torch::kFloat32, "lse must be float32");
   }
 
   void* float_buffer_ptr = float_workspace_buffer.data_ptr();
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheRun(
                                           : nullptr,
               /*q_offset=*/nullptr,
               /*k_rope_pos_offset=*/nullptr, static_cast<DTypeO*>(o.data_ptr()),
-              /*lse=*/return_lse ? static_cast<float*>(lse.data_ptr()) : nullptr,
+              /*lse=*/(maybe_lse ? static_cast<float*>(maybe_lse->data_ptr()) : nullptr),
               /*alibi_slopes=*/nullptr, num_qo_heads, num_kv_heads, q_stride_n, q_stride_h,
               kv_stride_n, kv_stride_h, window_left, logits_soft_cap, sm_scale, rope_scale,
               rope_theta);
@@ -187,14 +188,10 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheRun(
     });
   });
 
-  if (return_lse) {
-    return {o, lse};
-  } else {
-    return {o};
-  }
+  return o;
 }
 
-std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
+torch::Tensor BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
     unsigned int mask_mode_code, torch::Tensor float_workspace_buffer,
     torch::Tensor int_workspace_buffer, std::vector<int64_t> plan_info_vec, torch::Tensor q,
     torch::Tensor paged_k_cache, torch::Tensor paged_v_cache,
@@ -202,7 +199,7 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
     torch::Tensor qo_indptr, torch::Tensor paged_kv_indptr, torch::Tensor paged_kv_indices,
     torch::Tensor paged_kv_last_page_len, std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_qk_indptr,
     unsigned int layout, int32_t window_left, float logits_soft_cap, float sm_scale,
-    float rope_scale, float rope_theta, bool return_lse) {
+    float rope_scale, float rope_theta, std::optional<torch::Tensor> maybe_lse) {
   PrefillPlanInfo plan_info;
   plan_info.FromVector(plan_info_vec);
   QKVLayout kv_layout = static_cast<QKVLayout>(layout);
@@ -221,10 +218,11 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
 
   cudaStream_t torch_current_stream = c10::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream(device.index());
   auto o = torch::empty_like(q, q.options());
-  int64_t nnz_qo = q.size(0);
-  torch::Tensor lse = torch::empty({0});
-  if (return_lse) {
-    lse = torch::empty({nnz_qo, num_qo_heads}, q.options().dtype(torch::kFloat32));
+  if (maybe_lse) {
+    const auto& lse = *maybe_lse;
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.size(0) == q.size(0), lse.size(0), q.size(0));
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.size(1) == q.size(1), lse.size(1), q.size(1));
+    TORCH_CHECK(lse.dtype() == torch::kFloat32, "lse must be float32");
   }
 
   void* float_buffer_ptr = static_cast<void*>(float_workspace_buffer.data_ptr());
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
               maybe_qk_indptr.has_value() ? static_cast<IdType*>(maybe_qk_indptr->data_ptr())
                                           : nullptr,
               /*q_offset=*/nullptr, static_cast<DTypeO*>(o.data_ptr()),
-              /*lse=*/return_lse ? static_cast<float*>(lse.data_ptr()) : nullptr,
+              /*lse=*/(maybe_lse ? static_cast<float*>(maybe_lse->data_ptr()) : nullptr),
               /*alibi_slopes=*/nullptr, num_qo_heads, q_stride_n, q_stride_h, window_left,
               logits_soft_cap, sm_scale, rope_scale, rope_theta);
 
@@ -323,9 +321,5 @@ std::vector<torch::Tensor> BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheRun(
     });
   });
 
-  if (return_lse) {
-    return {o, lse};
-  } else {
-    return {o};
-  }
+  return o;
 }