diff --git a/tritonbench/utils/triton_op.py b/tritonbench/utils/triton_op.py
index 6b179f4d..a1b9b5d5 100644
--- a/tritonbench/utils/triton_op.py
+++ b/tritonbench/utils/triton_op.py
@@ -521,6 +521,19 @@ def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         obj.__post__init__()
         return obj
 
+def _translate_mode(tb_args):
+    def _has_and_true(attr):
+        if hasattr(tb_args, attr) and attr:
+            return True
+        return False
+    if _has_and_true("fwd"):
+        tb_args.mode = "fwd"
+    if _has_and_true("bwd"):
+        tb_args.mode = "bwd"
+    if _has_and_true("fwd_bwd"):
+        tb_args.mode = "fwd_bwd"
+    if _has_and_true("fwd_no_grad"):
+        tb_args.mode = "fwd_no_grad"
 
 class BenchmarkOperator(metaclass=PostInitProcessor):
     mode: Mode = Mode.FWD
@@ -556,11 +569,12 @@ def __init__(
             self.tb_args.cudagraph if self.tb_args.cudagraph else self.use_cuda_graphs
         )
         # we accept both "fwd" and "eval"
-        if self.tb_args.mode == "fwd" or self.tb_args.fwd:
+        _translate_mode(self.tb_args)
+        if self.tb_args.mode == "fwd":
             self.mode = Mode.FWD
-        elif self.tb_args.mode == "fwd_bwd" or self.tb_args.fwd_bwd:
+        elif self.tb_args.mode == "fwd_bwd":
             self.mode = Mode.FWD_BWD
-        elif self.tb_args.mode == "fwd_no_grad" or self.tb_args.fwd_no_grad:
+        elif self.tb_args.mode == "fwd_no_grad":
             self.mode = Mode.FWD_NO_GRAD
         else:
             assert (