diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/EnzymeHLOOpt.cpp b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/EnzymeHLOOpt.cpp
index ddd4a4d41..ed5c2d439 100644
--- a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/EnzymeHLOOpt.cpp
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/EnzymeHLOOpt.cpp
@@ -7712,11 +7712,11 @@ template <typename T> struct CSE final : OpRewritePattern<T> {
           continue;
         if (!isa<T>(nop))
           continue;
+        if (nop->getBlock() != op->getBlock())
+          continue;
         if (!OperationEquivalence::isEquivalentTo(
                 op, nop, OperationEquivalence::IgnoreLocations))
           continue;
-        if (nop->getBlock() != op->getBlock())
-          continue;
         if (nop->isBeforeInBlock(op)) {
           rewriter.replaceOp(op, nop);
           return success();
diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h
index b06cd3ff6..e21cd745a 100644
--- a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class PatternRewriter;
 class AffineMap;
 class DominanceInfo;
 
+namespace arith {
+class ArithDialect;
+}
+
 namespace enzyme {
 
 void populateAffineCFGPatterns(RewritePatternSet &rpl);
diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.td b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.td
index fb63a96f0..489c6066c 100644
--- a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.td
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.td
@@ -555,5 +555,21 @@ def AffineToStableHLORaising : Pass<"raise-affine-to-stablehlo"> {
   ];
 }
 
+def SplitHugeBlocksPass : InterfacePass<"split-huge-blocks", "mlir::FunctionOpInterface"> {
+  let summary = "Split huge blocks into smaller blocks";
+  let dependentDialects = [
+    "cf::ControlFlowDialect",
+  ];
+  let options = [
+      Option<
+           /*C++ variable name=*/"max_num_operations",
+           /*CLI argument=*/"max_num_operations",
+           /*type=*/"int64_t",
+           /*default=*/"-1",
+           /*description=*/"Maximum number of operations per block, -1 being unlimited">,
+    
+  ];
+}
+
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/SplitHugeBlocks.cpp b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/SplitHugeBlocks.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feae6ef2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/SplitHugeBlocks.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlowOps.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"
+#include "src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h"
+
+namespace mlir {
+namespace enzyme {
+#define GEN_PASS_DEF_SPLITHUGEBLOCKSPASS
+#include "src/enzyme_ad/jax/Passes/Passes.h.inc"
+} // namespace enzyme
+} // namespace mlir
+
+using namespace mlir;
+using namespace mlir::enzyme;
+
+static void splitLargeBlock(RewriterBase &rewriter, Block *block,
+                            uint64_t maxNumOperations) {
+  do {
+    Block::iterator it = block->begin();
+    for (uint64_t i = 0; i < maxNumOperations; ++i) {
+      if (it == block->end())
+        return;
+      it = std::next(it);
+    }
+    Block *current = block;
+    block = rewriter.splitBlock(block, it);
+    rewriter.setInsertionPointToEnd(current);
+    rewriter.create<cf::BranchOp>(rewriter.getUnknownLoc(), block);
+  } while (true);
+}
+
+struct SplitHugeBlocksPass
+    : public enzyme::impl::SplitHugeBlocksPassBase<SplitHugeBlocksPass> {
+  using SplitHugeBlocksPassBase::SplitHugeBlocksPassBase;
+
+  void runOnOperation() override {
+    if (max_num_operations == -1)
+      return;
+    auto context = getOperation()->getContext();
+    IRRewriter rewriter(context);
+    SmallVector<Block *> originalBlocks = llvm::map_to_vector(
+        getOperation().getFunctionBody(), [](Block &b) { return &b; });
+    for (Block *block : originalBlocks) {
+      splitLargeBlock(rewriter, block, max_num_operations);
+    }
+  }
+};