diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.cpp b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.cpp
index d3b208731c..79a22d4b02 100644
--- a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ SymmetricResultAnalysis::State SymmetricResultAnalysis::localGuaranteed(
   assert(op);
 
   auto outTy = cast<RankedTensorType>(op->getResult(0).getType());
+
   if (outTy.getRank() != 2)
     return State::NOTGUARANTEED; // this pass only checks for symmetric matrices
   if (outTy.getDimSize(0) != outTy.getDimSize(1))
@@ -667,6 +668,27 @@ SymmetricResultAnalysis::State SymmetricResultAnalysis::localGuaranteed(
     recursiveCheck = true;
   }
 
+  // propagate symmetry for transpose
+  if (isa<stablehlo::TransposeOp>(op)) {
+    recursiveCheck = true;
+  }
+
+  // propagate symmetry for A * A
+  if (auto dotGeneralOp = dyn_cast<stablehlo::DotGeneralOp>(op)) {
+    auto lhs = dotGeneralOp.getOperand(0);
+    auto rhs = dotGeneralOp.getOperand(1);
+    auto dimensionNumbers = dotGeneralOp.getDotDimensionNumbers();
+
+    if (lhs == rhs) {
+      auto lhs_contracting = dimensionNumbers.getLhsContractingDimensions();
+      auto rhs_contracting = dimensionNumbers.getRhsContractingDimensions();
+
+      if (lhs_contracting.size() == 1 && rhs_contracting.size() == 1) {
+        recursiveCheck = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * TODO
    * - check if its * 0 -> symmetric
@@ -739,13 +761,6 @@ NoNanResultAnalysis::localGuaranteed(Operation *op,
                                      PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
   assert(op);
 
-  if (auto boolAttr = op->getAttrOfType<BoolAttr>(getAttrName())) {
-    if (boolAttr.getValue())
-      return State::GUARANTEED;
-    else
-      return State::NOTGUARANTEED;
-  }
-
   DenseElementsAttr denseAttr;
   if (matchPattern(op, m_Constant(&denseAttr))) {
     if (guaranteedConstantOp(op, denseAttr, rewriter)) {
@@ -882,13 +897,6 @@ FiniteResultAnalysis::localGuaranteed(Operation *op,
                                       PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
   assert(op);
 
-  if (auto boolAttr = op->getAttrOfType<BoolAttr>(getAttrName())) {
-    if (boolAttr.getValue())
-      return State::GUARANTEED;
-    else
-      return State::NOTGUARANTEED;
-  }
-
   DenseElementsAttr denseAttr;
   if (matchPattern(op, m_Constant(&denseAttr))) {
     if (guaranteedConstantOp(op, denseAttr, rewriter)) {
@@ -995,13 +1003,6 @@ NonNegativeResultAnalysis::State NonNegativeResultAnalysis::localGuaranteed(
     PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
   assert(op);
 
-  if (auto boolAttr = op->getAttrOfType<BoolAttr>(getAttrName())) {
-    if (boolAttr.getValue())
-      return State::GUARANTEED;
-    else
-      return State::NOTGUARANTEED;
-  }
-
   DenseElementsAttr denseAttr;
   if (matchPattern(op, m_Constant(&denseAttr))) {
     if (guaranteedConstantOp(op, denseAttr, rewriter)) {
diff --git a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.h b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.h
index 72a52e9488..0c9b2d3864 100644
--- a/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.h
+++ b/src/enzyme_ad/jax/Utils.h
@@ -541,8 +541,18 @@ template <typename Child> class GuaranteedResultAnalysisBase {
   State localGuaranteedWithSetAttr(Operation *op,
                                    SmallVectorImpl<Operation *> &localtodo,
                                    PatternRewriter &rewriter) {
-    auto state = ((Child *)this)->localGuaranteed(op, localtodo, rewriter);
+
     auto attrName = ((Child *)this)->getAttrName();
+
+    if (auto boolAttr = op->getAttrOfType<BoolAttr>(attrName)) {
+      if (boolAttr.getValue())
+        return State::GUARANTEED;
+      else
+        return State::NOTGUARANTEED;
+    }
+
+    auto state = ((Child *)this)->localGuaranteed(op, localtodo, rewriter);
+
     switch (state) {
     case State::GUARANTEED:
       rewriter.modifyOpInPlace(op, [&]() {
diff --git a/test/lit_tests/structured_tensors/propagate_symmetric.mlir b/test/lit_tests/structured_tensors/propagate_symmetric.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87efbd1081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lit_tests/structured_tensors/propagate_symmetric.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// RUN: enzymexlamlir-opt --enzyme-hlo-generate-td="patterns=transpose_symmetric_simplify" --transform-interpreter --enzyme-hlo-remove-transform %s | FileCheck %s
+
+func.func @pass1(%arg0: tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg1: tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg2: tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+  %0 = stablehlo.reshape %arg0 {enzymexla.guaranteed_symmetric = true} : (tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  %1 = stablehlo.dot_general %0, %0, contracting_dims = [1] x [0] : (tensor<2x2xf32>, tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  %2 = stablehlo.subtract %1, %0 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+  %3 = stablehlo.transpose %2, dims = [1, 0] : (tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+  return %3 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+}
+
+// CHECK: func.func @pass1(%arg0: tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg1: tensor<2x2xf32>, %arg2: tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32> {
+// CHECK-NEXT:   %0 = stablehlo.reshape %arg0 {enzymexla.guaranteed_symmetric = true} : (tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+// CHECK-NEXT:   %1 = stablehlo.dot_general %0, %0, contracting_dims = [1] x [0] : (tensor<2x2xf32>, tensor<2x2xf32>) -> tensor<2x2xf32>
+// CHECK-NEXT:   %2 = stablehlo.subtract %1, %0 {enzymexla.guaranteed_symmetric = true} : tensor<2x2xf32>
+// CHECK-NEXT:   return %2 : tensor<2x2xf32>
+// CHECK-NEXT: }