diff --git a/torchbenchmark/operators/layer_norm/__init__.py b/torchbenchmark/operators/layer_norm/__init__.py
index 35513e5c6d..c4660b8511 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/operators/layer_norm/__init__.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/operators/layer_norm/__init__.py
@@ -4,29 +4,39 @@
 from torchbenchmark.util.triton_op import (
     BenchmarkOperator,
     BenchmarkOperatorMetrics,
+    Mode,
     register_benchmark,
     register_metric,
 )
 
+from typing import Callable
+
 from . import tutorial
 
 
 class Operator(BenchmarkOperator):
     @register_benchmark()
-    def layer_norm_fwd(self, *args):
+    def triton_layer_norm(self, *args):
         return lambda: tutorial.layer_norm(*args)
 
     @register_benchmark(baseline=True)
-    def layer_norm_fwd_baseline(self, *args):
+    def torch_layer_norm(self, *args):
         return lambda: F.layer_norm(*args)
 
+    def get_bwd_fn(self, fwd_fn: Callable) -> Callable:
+        y = fwd_fn()
+        dy = 0.1 * torch.randn_like(y)
+        return lambda: y.backward(dy, retain_graph=True)
+
     def get_input_iter(self):
         M = 4096
         eps = 1e-5
         for N in [512 * i for i in range(2, 32)]:
             x_shape = (M, N)
             w_shape = (x_shape[-1],)
-            x = -2.3 + 0.5 * torch.randn(x_shape, dtype=self.dtype, device="cuda")
+            x = -2.3 + 0.5 * torch.randn(
+                x_shape, dtype=self.dtype, device="cuda", requires_grad=True
+            )
             weight = torch.rand(
                 w_shape, dtype=self.dtype, device="cuda", requires_grad=True
             )
@@ -44,7 +54,12 @@ def gbps(self, fn_name, args, metrics: BenchmarkOperatorMetrics) -> float:
         x = args[0]
 
         def gbps(ms):
-            return 2 * x.numel() * x.element_size() / ms * 1e-6
+            base = x.numel() * x.element_size() / ms * 1e-6
+            return {
+                Mode.FWD: 2 * base,
+                Mode.BWD: 3 * base,
+                Mode.FWD_BWD: 5 * base,
+            }[self.mode]
 
         return list(map(gbps, metrics.latency))
 
@@ -55,12 +70,12 @@ def plot(self):
                 x_vals=self.output.x_vals,
                 line_arg="provider",
                 line_vals=[
-                    "layer_norm_fwd",
-                    "layer_norm_fwd_baseline",
+                    "triton_layer_norm",
+                    "torch_layer_norm",
                 ],
                 line_names=[
-                    "Triton",
-                    "Torch",
+                    "triton_layer_norm",
+                    "torch_layer_norm",
                 ],
                 styles=[("blue", "-"), ("green", "-")],
                 ylabel="GB/s",