diff --git a/csrc/ops.h b/csrc/ops.h
index 9e2e977fa3c2..4cc11a7327d2 100644
--- a/csrc/ops.h
+++ b/csrc/ops.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ torch::Tensor gptq_marlin_repack(torch::Tensor& b_q_weight, torch::Tensor& perm,
                                  int64_t size_k, int64_t size_n,
                                  int64_t num_bits);
 
+bool cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8(int64_t cuda_device_capability);
+
 void cutlass_scaled_mm(torch::Tensor& out, torch::Tensor const& a,
                        torch::Tensor const& b, torch::Tensor const& a_scales,
                        torch::Tensor const& b_scales);
diff --git a/csrc/quantization/cutlass_w8a8/scaled_mm_entry.cu b/csrc/quantization/cutlass_w8a8/scaled_mm_entry.cu
index 687f8efd8dc0..f4e582d780ad 100644
--- a/csrc/quantization/cutlass_w8a8/scaled_mm_entry.cu
+++ b/csrc/quantization/cutlass_w8a8/scaled_mm_entry.cu
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ void cutlass_scaled_mm_sm90(torch::Tensor& c, torch::Tensor const& a,
                             torch::Tensor const& b_scales);
 #endif
 
+bool cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8(int64_t cuda_device_capability) {
+  // CUTLASS FP8 kernels need at least
+  //   CUDA 12.0 on SM90 systems (Hopper)
+  //   CUDA 12.4 on SM89 systems (Lovelace)
+
+#if defined CUDA_VERSION
+  if (cuda_device_capability >= 90) {
+    return CUDA_VERSION >= 12000;
+  } else if (cuda_device_capability >= 89) {
+    return CUDA_VERSION >= 12040;
+  }
+#endif
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 void cutlass_scaled_mm(torch::Tensor& c, torch::Tensor const& a,
                        torch::Tensor const& b, torch::Tensor const& a_scales,
                        torch::Tensor const& b_scales) {
diff --git a/csrc/torch_bindings.cpp b/csrc/torch_bindings.cpp
index 867bf438937c..dd0199629968 100644
--- a/csrc/torch_bindings.cpp
+++ b/csrc/torch_bindings.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ TORCH_LIBRARY_EXPAND(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, ops) {
       "                  Tensor b, Tensor a_scales,"
       "                  Tensor b_scales) -> ()");
   ops.impl("cutlass_scaled_mm", torch::kCUDA, &cutlass_scaled_mm);
+
+  // Check if cutlass scaled_mm is supported for CUDA devices of the given
+  // capability
+  ops.def("cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8", &cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8);
+  ops.impl("cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8", torch::kCUDA,
+           &cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8);
 #endif
 
   // Quantized GEMM for GPTQ.
diff --git a/vllm/_custom_ops.py b/vllm/_custom_ops.py
index ab2a67950bfe..87668ebb0ddf 100644
--- a/vllm/_custom_ops.py
+++ b/vllm/_custom_ops.py
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ def gptq_marlin_24_gemm(a: torch.Tensor, b_q_weight: torch.Tensor,
 
 
 # cutlass
+def cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8(cuda_device_capability: int) -> bool:
+    return torch.ops._C.cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8(cuda_device_capability)
+
+
 def cutlass_scaled_mm(a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor, scale_a: torch.Tensor,
                       scale_b: torch.Tensor,
                       out_dtype: Type[torch.dtype]) -> torch.Tensor:
diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/fp8.py b/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/fp8.py
index e89fd65813c0..bbf3cde54782 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/fp8.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/fp8.py
@@ -20,19 +20,8 @@
 def cutlass_fp8_supported() -> bool:
     capability = torch.cuda.get_device_capability()
     capability = capability[0] * 10 + capability[1]
-    major, minor = torch.version.cuda.split(".")
-    version = int(major) * 10 + int(minor)
-
-    # CUTLASS FP8 kernels need at least
-    #   CUDA 12.0 on SM90 systems (Hopper)
-    #   CUDA 12.4 on SM89 systems (Lovelace)
-    gpu_is_supported = False
-    if capability >= 90:
-        gpu_is_supported = version > 120
-    elif capability >= 89:
-        gpu_is_supported = version > 124
-
-    return gpu_is_supported
+
+    return ops.cutlass_scaled_mm_supports_fp8(capability)
 
 
 class Fp8Config(QuantizationConfig):