diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/args.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/args.py
index 34f2f9068..32df5d321 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/args.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/liger/args.py
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ class LigerArgs(BaseModel):
                 "`liger_rms_norm` is incompatible with tensor parallelism, "
                 "see https://github.com/linkedin/Liger-Kernel/issues/826"
             )
+        return data