diff --git a/tests/regression/flash_attention/kernel.cpp b/tests/regression/flash_attention/kernel.cpp
index 5737b00a..b1141875 100644
--- a/tests/regression/flash_attention/kernel.cpp
+++ b/tests/regression/flash_attention/kernel.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ inline void thread_block_init_sharedmem(const uint32_t tid_in_threadblock,
   }
 }
 
+template <int order>
+inline float exponential_taylor_term(const float x) {
+  asm volatile("exponential_taylor_term_start_%=:" ::);
+
+  float res = 1.0f;
+
+  if constexpr (order == 1) {
+    res = x;
+  } else if constexpr (order == 2) {
+    res = x * x;
+    res /= 2.0f;
+  } else if constexpr (order == 3) {
+    res = x * x * x;
+    res /= 6.0f;
+  }
+
+  asm volatile("exponential_taylor_term_end_%=:" ::);
+  return res;
+}
+
 inline void thread_block_online_softmax(
     const float *smem_S, float *smem_O, float *smem_P,
     const uint32_t tid_in_threadblock, const uint32_t threads_per_threadblock,
@@ -174,24 +194,33 @@ inline void thread_block_online_softmax(
     thread_offset = first_thread_offset + (elem_per_thread * tid_in_warp);
     constexpr uint32_t exp_per_row_iter =
         B_COL / (elem_per_thread * NUM_THREADS);
+
+    asm volatile("flashattn_exp_p_start_%=:" ::);
+
 #pragma GCC unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < exp_per_row_iter; i++) {
       float f0 = smem_S[thread_offset];
 
       // check Q*K result
-      gmem_tmp0[thread_offset] = f0;;
+      gmem_tmp0[thread_offset] = f0;
 
       // FIXME: placeholder for proper exp
       f0 -= rowmax_new;
+      float exp = 1.0f;
+      exp += exponential_taylor_term<1>(f0);
+      exp += exponential_taylor_term<2>(f0);
 
       // Store S transposed to the shared memory
 
-      smem_P[thread_offset] = f0;
-      gmem_tmp1[thread_offset] = f0;
+      smem_P[thread_offset] = exp;
+      gmem_tmp1[thread_offset] = exp;
 
       thread_offset += NUM_THREADS;
     }
 
+    asm volatile("flashattn_exp_p_end_%=:" ::);
+
+
     threadblock_barrier(threadblock_id_in_cluster,
                         warps_per_threadblock_per_core);