diff --git a/megatron/logging.py b/megatron/logging.py
index 56c124809..89a4bac80 100644
--- a/megatron/logging.py
+++ b/megatron/logging.py
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ def human_readable_flops(num) -> str:
     return "%.1f%s" % (num, "Yi")
 
 
-def get_flops(neox_args, model, iter_time_s) -> float:
+def get_flops(neox_args, iter_time_s) -> float:
+    """
+    Use FLOPS calculation from Megatron-DeepSpeed:
+    https://github.com/microsoft/Megatron-DeepSpeed/blob/cc3a94c636789f74be2bc6cfc62a3d723fd5d749/megatron/utils.py#L253
+    They get it from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.04473.pdf
+    """
     world_size = torch.distributed.get_world_size()
     vocab_size = neox_args.padded_vocab_size
     batch_size = neox_args.train_batch_size
@@ -323,9 +328,7 @@ def add_to_logging(name):
             )
 
         # log tflop / gpu
-        flops_per_s_per_gpu = get_flops(
-            neox_args=neox_args, model=model, iter_time_s=iteration_time
-        )
+        flops_per_s_per_gpu = get_flops(neox_args, iteration_time)
         log_string += (
             f" approx flops per GPU: {human_readable_flops(flops_per_s_per_gpu)} |"
         )