diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/__init__.py
index bf4c83af4f..f78083300d 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/__init__.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
 from liger_kernel.transformers.cross_entropy import LigerCrossEntropyLoss
 from liger_kernel.transformers.geglu import LigerGEGLUMLP
-from liger_kernel.transformers.model.llama import lce_forward
-from liger_kernel.transformers.model.qwen2 import lce_forward as qwen2_lce_forward
+from liger_kernel.transformers.model.llama import lce_forward as llama_lce_forward
 from liger_kernel.transformers.rms_norm import LigerRMSNorm
 from liger_kernel.transformers.rope import liger_rotary_pos_emb
 from liger_kernel.transformers.swiglu import LigerSwiGLUMLP
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ def pre_model_load(self, cfg):
             if cfg.liger_cross_entropy:
                 modeling_llama.CrossEntropyLoss = LigerCrossEntropyLoss
             elif cfg.liger_fused_linear_cross_entropy:
-                modeling_llama.LlamaForCausalLM.forward = lce_forward
+                modeling_llama.LlamaForCausalLM.forward = llama_lce_forward
 
         elif cfg.model_config_type == "mistral":
             from transformers.models.mistral import modeling_mistral
@@ -105,6 +104,9 @@ def pre_model_load(self, cfg):
                 modeling_jamba.JambaForCausalLM.forward = jamba_lce_forward
 
         elif cfg.model_config_type == "qwen2":
+            from liger_kernel.transformers.model.qwen2 import (
+                lce_forward as qwen2_lce_forward,
+            )
             from transformers.models.qwen2 import modeling_qwen2
 
             if cfg.liger_rope: