diff --git a/comfy/float.py b/comfy/float.py
index 57fd070995e..4a6ae677680 100644
--- a/comfy/float.py
+++ b/comfy/float.py
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ def manual_stochastic_round_to_float8(x, dtype, generator=None):
         (2.0 ** (exponent - EXPONENT_BIAS)) * (1.0 + abs_x),
         (2.0 ** (-EXPONENT_BIAS + 1)) * abs_x
     )
-    del abs_x
 
-    return sign.to(dtype=dtype)
+    return sign
 
 
 
@@ -57,6 +56,11 @@ def stochastic_rounding(value, dtype, seed=0):
     if dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn or dtype == torch.float8_e5m2:
         generator = torch.Generator(device=value.device)
         generator.manual_seed(seed)
-        return manual_stochastic_round_to_float8(value, dtype, generator=generator)
+        output = torch.empty_like(value, dtype=dtype)
+        num_slices = max(1, (value.numel() / (4096 * 4096)))
+        slice_size = max(1, round(value.shape[0] / num_slices))
+        for i in range(0, value.shape[0], slice_size):
+            output[i:i+slice_size].copy_(manual_stochastic_round_to_float8(value[i:i+slice_size], dtype, generator=generator))
+        return output
 
     return value.to(dtype=dtype)