diff --git a/helion/_compiler/backend.py b/helion/_compiler/backend.py
index fed5c90c4..08bce7806 100644
--- a/helion/_compiler/backend.py
+++ b/helion/_compiler/backend.py
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ def experimental(self) -> bool:
         """Whether this backend is experimental and should emit a warning."""
         return True
 
+    @property
+    def pad_factory_tensors_to_power_of_2(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether on-device tensor factory ops (zeros/ones/empty/full/...) should
+        have their integer dim sizes rounded up to the next power of 2.
+
+        Triton requires power-of-2 block sizes, so the default is True. Pallas
+        does not require this and the padding causes broadcast mismatches
+        against unpadded full-tensor loads.
+        """
+        return True
+
     @property
     def codegen_name(self) -> str:
         """Backend name used to look up registered codegen functions."""
@@ -952,6 +963,10 @@ class PallasBackend(Backend):
     def name(self) -> str:
         return "pallas"
 
+    @property
+    def pad_factory_tensors_to_power_of_2(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
     def max_reduction_threads(self) -> int | None:
         return None
 
diff --git a/helion/_compiler/host_function.py b/helion/_compiler/host_function.py
index cdf31f67b..ea8dc3e3a 100644
--- a/helion/_compiler/host_function.py
+++ b/helion/_compiler/host_function.py
@@ -151,9 +151,14 @@ def __init__(
                     propagate_types(self)
                 with measure("HostFunction.finalize_config_spec"):
                     env.finalize_config_spec()
+                _factory_padding = (
+                    patch_tensor_factories()
+                    if env.backend.pad_factory_tensors_to_power_of_2
+                    else contextlib.nullcontext()
+                )
                 with (
                     measure("HostFunction.lower_to_device_ir"),
-                    patch_tensor_factories(),
+                    _factory_padding,
                 ):
                     self.device_ir = lower_to_device_ir(self)
 
diff --git a/helion/_compiler/type_propagation.py b/helion/_compiler/type_propagation.py
index 8d5c03a62..05688e476 100644
--- a/helion/_compiler/type_propagation.py
+++ b/helion/_compiler/type_propagation.py
@@ -2428,7 +2428,10 @@ def visit_For(self, node: ast.For) -> TypeInfo:
         self.device_loop_depth += device_loop
         _maybe_patch_tensor_factories = (
             patch_tensor_factories
-            if self.device_loop_depth > 0
+            if (
+                self.device_loop_depth > 0
+                and CompileEnvironment.current().backend.pad_factory_tensors_to_power_of_2
+            )
             else contextlib.nullcontext
         )
         with _maybe_patch_tensor_factories():
diff --git a/test/test_pallas.py b/test/test_pallas.py
index 43ff071b2..25a391275 100644
--- a/test/test_pallas.py
+++ b/test/test_pallas.py
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ def pallas_sum_reduce_dim0(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     return out
 
 
+@helion.kernel(backend="pallas", static_shapes=True)
+def pallas_new_zeros_full_dim(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    m, n = x.size()
+    out = torch.empty_like(x)
+    for tile_m in hl.tile(m):
+        zeros = x.new_zeros([n], dtype=x.dtype)
+        out[tile_m, :] = x[tile_m, :] + zeros[None, :]
+    return out
+
+
 @helion.kernel(backend="pallas", static_shapes=True)
 def pallas_sum_reduce_middle(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     b, _n, m = x.size()
@@ -538,6 +548,24 @@ def test_inplace_add(self) -> None:
         # x should be mutated in place
         torch.testing.assert_close(x, expected)
 
+    def test_new_zeros_non_pow2_full_dim(self) -> None:
+        """Tensor factories inside a tile loop must size buffers to the exact
+        dim, not next_power_of_2, when the dim is non-power-of-2.
+
+        Regression test: a 1D ``new_zeros([n])`` allocated inside ``hl.tile``
+        used to be silently rounded up to ``next_power_of_2(n)`` for all
+        backends. On Pallas this produced scratch shapes that did not match
+        the actual tensor extent, raising a JAX broadcast error like
+        ``add got incompatible shapes for broadcasting: (block, n), (1, pow2)``
+        at trace time.
+        """
+        n = 10240  # not a power of 2; next_power_of_2(10240) == 16384
+        x = torch.randn(4096, n, device=DEVICE, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+        code, result = code_and_output(pallas_new_zeros_full_dim, (x,))
+        torch.testing.assert_close(result, x)
+        # Generated code should reference the exact dim, not its pow-2 padding.
+        self.assertNotIn("16384", code)
+
     def test_pointwise_mul(self) -> None:
         args = (
             torch.randn(1024, device=DEVICE, dtype=torch.float32),