diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py b/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py
index 84a47e85b..e1d5f8c9f 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py
@@ -100,44 +100,43 @@ def drop_long_rl_seq(
             return (len_prompt + len_chosen) <= sequence_len and (
                 len_prompt + len_rejected
             ) <= sequence_len
-        else:  # truncate
-            # If both sequences fit, return sample unchanged
-            if (len_prompt + len_chosen) <= sequence_len and (
-                len_prompt + len_rejected
-            ) <= sequence_len:
-                return sample
-
-            # For truncation, we need to truncate the chosen and rejected responses
-            # to fit within sequence_len, but preserve the prompt
-
-            # Calculate maximum response length that can fit with the prompt
-            max_response_len = sequence_len - len_prompt
-
-            if max_response_len <= 0:
-                # Prompt is already too long, we can't truncate effectively
-                return False if handling == "drop" else sample
-
-            # Truncate the chosen and rejected responses if needed
-            if len_chosen > max_response_len:
-                # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
-                chosen_tokens = tokenizer(chosen, add_special_tokens=False)[
-                    "input_ids"
-                ][:max_response_len]
-                sample["chosen"] = tokenizer.decode(
-                    chosen_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True
-                )
-
-            if len_rejected > max_response_len:
-                # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
-                rejected_tokens = tokenizer(rejected, add_special_tokens=False)[
-                    "input_ids"
-                ][:max_response_len]
-                sample["rejected"] = tokenizer.decode(
-                    rejected_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True
-                )
 
+        # truncate
+        # If both sequences fit, return sample unchanged
+        if (len_prompt + len_chosen) <= sequence_len and (
+            len_prompt + len_rejected
+        ) <= sequence_len:
             return sample
 
+        # For truncation, we need to truncate the chosen and rejected responses
+        # to fit within sequence_len, but preserve the prompt
+
+        # Calculate maximum response length that can fit with the prompt
+        max_response_len = sequence_len - len_prompt
+
+        if max_response_len <= 0:
+            # Prompt is already too long, we can't truncate effectively
+            return False if handling == "drop" else sample
+
+        # Truncate the chosen and rejected responses if needed
+        if len_chosen > max_response_len:
+            # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
+            chosen_tokens = tokenizer(chosen, add_special_tokens=False)["input_ids"][
+                :max_response_len
+            ]
+            sample["chosen"] = tokenizer.decode(chosen_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True)
+
+        if len_rejected > max_response_len:
+            # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
+            rejected_tokens = tokenizer(rejected, add_special_tokens=False)[
+                "input_ids"
+            ][:max_response_len]
+            sample["rejected"] = tokenizer.decode(
+                rejected_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True
+            )
+
+        return sample
+
     if rl == "kto":
         if not (sample.get("prompt") and sample.get("completion")):
             raise ValueError("Prompt and completion keys are required for KTO datasets")
@@ -152,30 +151,31 @@ def drop_long_rl_seq(
 
         if handling == "drop":
             return (len_prompt + len_completion) <= sequence_len
-        else:  # truncate
-            # If sequence fits, return sample unchanged
-            if (len_prompt + len_completion) <= sequence_len:
-                return sample
-
-            # Calculate maximum completion length that can fit with the prompt
-            max_completion_len = sequence_len - len_prompt
-
-            if max_completion_len <= 0:
-                # Prompt is already too long, we can't truncate effectively
-                return False if handling == "drop" else sample
-
-            # Truncate the completion if needed
-            if len_completion > max_completion_len:
-                # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
-                completion_tokens = tokenizer(completion, add_special_tokens=False)[
-                    "input_ids"
-                ][:max_completion_len]
-                sample["completion"] = tokenizer.decode(
-                    completion_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True
-                )
 
+        # truncate
+        # If sequence fits, return sample unchanged
+        if (len_prompt + len_completion) <= sequence_len:
             return sample
 
+        # Calculate maximum completion length that can fit with the prompt
+        max_completion_len = sequence_len - len_prompt
+
+        if max_completion_len <= 0:
+            # Prompt is already too long, we can't truncate effectively
+            return False if handling == "drop" else sample
+
+        # Truncate the completion if needed
+        if len_completion > max_completion_len:
+            # Tokenize, truncate, and decode
+            completion_tokens = tokenizer(completion, add_special_tokens=False)[
+                "input_ids"
+            ][:max_completion_len]
+            sample["completion"] = tokenizer.decode(
+                completion_tokens, skip_special_tokens=True
+            )
+
+        return sample
+
     if rl == "grpo":
         return True if handling == "drop" else sample