diff --git a/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py b/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
index 49732da4ce8..9b4568e008d 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
+++ b/backends/cadence/aot/ops_registrations.py
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ def quantized_w8a32_gru_meta(
     bias_hidden: torch.Tensor,
     b_h_scale: float,
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
-    return hidden.new_empty((2, hidden.shape[-1]), dtype=torch.float32)
+    return hidden.new_empty((2, *hidden.shape), dtype=torch.float32)
 
 
 @register_fake("cadence::slice_scatter_")
diff --git a/backends/cadence/aot/ref_implementations.py b/backends/cadence/aot/ref_implementations.py
index 8a533c80db1..dd04d563028 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/aot/ref_implementations.py
+++ b/backends/cadence/aot/ref_implementations.py
@@ -1019,11 +1019,13 @@ def quantized_w8a32_gru(
     assert inputs.dtype == torch.float32
     assert hidden.dtype == torch.float32
 
-    if len(hidden.shape) > 2:
-        raise ValueError("Hidden state must be 2D or 1D")
-
-    if len(hidden.shape) == 2 and hidden.shape[0] != 1:
-        raise ValueError("Leading dimension of hidden state must be 1")
+    # Hidden state can be 1D, 2D (1, hidden_dim), or 3D (1, 1, hidden_dim).
+    # All leading dimensions must be 1.
+    for d in range(len(hidden.shape) - 1):
+        if hidden.shape[d] != 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Leading dimension {d} of hidden state must be 1, got {hidden.shape[d]}"
+            )
 
     original_hidden_shape = hidden.shape
     hidden = hidden.view(-1)
@@ -1059,7 +1061,7 @@ def quantized_w8a32_gru(
 
     assert new_hidden.shape == original_hidden_shape
 
-    new_hidden = new_hidden.view(-1)
+    new_hidden = new_hidden.view(original_hidden_shape)
     return torch.stack([new_hidden, new_hidden], dim=0)
 
 
diff --git a/backends/cadence/aot/tests/test_ref_implementations.py b/backends/cadence/aot/tests/test_ref_implementations.py
index e0960522c32..e5c16fa22ea 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/aot/tests/test_ref_implementations.py
+++ b/backends/cadence/aot/tests/test_ref_implementations.py
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ def test_quantized_w8a32_gru(
                     b_h_scale,
                 )
             self.assertIn(
-                "Leading dimension of hidden state must be 1", str(context.exception)
+                "Leading dimension 0 of hidden state must be 1", str(context.exception)
             )
             return
 
@@ -2977,8 +2977,8 @@ def test_quantized_w8a32_gru(
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             output.shape,
-            (2, hidden.shape[-1]),
-            f"Output shape should match {(2, hidden.shape[-1])} in {name}",
+            (2, *hidden.shape),
+            f"Output shape should match {(2, *hidden.shape)} in {name}",
         )
         assert isinstance(output, torch.Tensor)