diff --git a/cmake/support_pltensorcutn.cmake b/cmake/support_pltensorcutn.cmake
index 33f9f166d0..1fca27ebc5 100644
--- a/cmake/support_pltensorcutn.cmake
+++ b/cmake/support_pltensorcutn.cmake
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ macro(findCutensornet external_libs)
 
         get_filename_component(CUTENSORNET_INC_DIR ${CUTENSORNET_INC} DIRECTORY)
         target_include_directories(cutensornet INTERFACE ${CUTENSORNET_INC_DIR})
-        set_target_properties( cutensornet PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CUTENSORNET_LIB})
+        set_target_properties(cutensornet PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CUTENSORNET_LIB})
 
         target_link_libraries(${external_libs} INTERFACE cutensornet)
     endif()
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/src/simulators/lightning_tensor/cutn/CutnBase.hpp b/pennylane_lightning/core/src/simulators/lightning_tensor/cutn/CutnBase.hpp
index 8a07373994..d4c5c96560 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/src/simulators/lightning_tensor/cutn/CutnBase.hpp
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/src/simulators/lightning_tensor/cutn/CutnBase.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file CutnBase.hpp
- * Base class for classes backed by the cuTensorNet library.
+ * Base class for cuTensorNet-backed tensor networks.
  */
 
 #pragma once
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class CutnBase : public TensornetBase<Precision, Derived> {
 
   protected:
     /**
-     * @brief Get the memory size used for a work space
+     * @brief Returns the workspace size.
      *
      * @return std::size_t
      */
@@ -127,12 +127,15 @@ class CutnBase : public TensornetBase<Precision, Derived> {
             /* cutensornetMemspace_t*/ CUTENSORNET_MEMSPACE_DEVICE,
             /* cutensornetWorkspaceKind_t */ CUTENSORNET_WORKSPACE_SCRATCH,
             /*  int64_t * */ &worksize));
+        
+        // Ensure data is aligned by 256 bytes
+        worksize += int64_t{256} - worksize % int64_t{256};
 
         return static_cast<std::size_t>(worksize);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @brief Set the memory for a work space
+     * @brief Set memory for a workspace.
      *
      * @param workDesc cutensornet work space descriptor
      * @param scratchPtr Pointer to scratch memory
@@ -174,9 +177,6 @@ class CutnBase : public TensornetBase<Precision, Derived> {
 
         std::size_t worksize = getWorkSpaceMemorySize(workDesc);
 
-        // Ensure data is aligned by 256 bytes
-        worksize += std::size_t{256} - worksize % std::size_t{256};
-
         PL_ABORT_IF(std::size_t(worksize) > scratchSize,
                     "Insufficient workspace size on Device!");