diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
index d51a2fae..de66db4f 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ ops = comfy.ops.disable_weight_init
 # CrossAttn precision handling
 if args.dont_upcast_attention:
     logging.info("disabling upcasting of attention")
-    _ATTN_PRECISION = "fp16"
+    _ATTN_PRECISION = None
 else:
-    _ATTN_PRECISION = "fp32"
+    _ATTN_PRECISION = torch.float32
 
 
 def exists(val):
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class FeedForward(nn.Module):
 def Normalize(in_channels, dtype=None, device=None):
     return torch.nn.GroupNorm(num_groups=32, num_channels=in_channels, eps=1e-6, affine=True, dtype=dtype, device=device)
 
-def attention_basic(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
+def attention_basic(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None):
     b, _, dim_head = q.shape
     dim_head //= heads
     scale = dim_head ** -0.5
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def attention_basic(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
     )
 
     # force cast to fp32 to avoid overflowing
-    if _ATTN_PRECISION =="fp32":
+    if attn_precision == torch.float32:
         sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q.float(), k.float()) * scale
     else:
         sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q, k) * scale
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def attention_basic(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
     return out
 
 
-def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None):
+def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None):
     b, _, dim_head = query.shape
     dim_head //= heads
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None):
     key = key.unsqueeze(3).reshape(b, -1, heads, dim_head).permute(0, 2, 3, 1).reshape(b * heads, dim_head, -1)
 
     dtype = query.dtype
-    upcast_attention = _ATTN_PRECISION =="fp32" and query.dtype != torch.float32
+    upcast_attention = attn_precision == torch.float32 and query.dtype != torch.float32
     if upcast_attention:
         bytes_per_token = torch.finfo(torch.float32).bits//8
     else:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None):
     hidden_states = hidden_states.unflatten(0, (-1, heads)).transpose(1,2).flatten(start_dim=2)
     return hidden_states
 
-def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
+def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None):
     b, _, dim_head = q.shape
     dim_head //= heads
     scale = dim_head ** -0.5
@@ -214,10 +214,12 @@ def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
 
     mem_free_total = model_management.get_free_memory(q.device)
 
-    if _ATTN_PRECISION =="fp32":
+    if attn_precision == torch.float32:
         element_size = 4
+        upcast = True
     else:
         element_size = q.element_size()
+        upcast = False
 
     gb = 1024 ** 3
     tensor_size = q.shape[0] * q.shape[1] * k.shape[1] * element_size
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
             slice_size = q.shape[1] // steps if (q.shape[1] % steps) == 0 else q.shape[1]
             for i in range(0, q.shape[1], slice_size):
                 end = i + slice_size
-                if _ATTN_PRECISION =="fp32":
+                if upcast:
                     with torch.autocast(enabled=False, device_type = 'cuda'):
                         s1 = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q[:, i:end].float(), k.float()) * scale
                 else:
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ try:
 except:
     pass
 
-def attention_xformers(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
+def attention_xformers(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None):
     b, _, dim_head = q.shape
     dim_head //= heads
     if BROKEN_XFORMERS:
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ def attention_xformers(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
     )
     return out
 
-def attention_pytorch(q, k, v, heads, mask=None):
+def attention_pytorch(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None):
     b, _, dim_head = q.shape
     dim_head //= heads
     q, k, v = map(
@@ -409,9 +411,9 @@ class CrossAttention(nn.Module):
             v = self.to_v(context)
 
         if mask is None:
-            out = optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.heads)
+            out = optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.heads, attn_precision=_ATTN_PRECISION)
         else:
-            out = optimized_attention_masked(q, k, v, self.heads, mask)
+            out = optimized_attention_masked(q, k, v, self.heads, mask, attn_precision=_ATTN_PRECISION)
         return self.to_out(out)