diff --git a/shardy/dialect/sdy/transforms/export/insert_explicit_reshards.cc b/shardy/dialect/sdy/transforms/export/insert_explicit_reshards.cc
index 2f213741..92b94462 100644
--- a/shardy/dialect/sdy/transforms/export/insert_explicit_reshards.cc
+++ b/shardy/dialect/sdy/transforms/export/insert_explicit_reshards.cc
@@ -387,6 +387,42 @@ bool isOnFullVersion(Operation* op, const bool enableFullVersion) {
   return false;
 }
 
+// Assume the results have unreduced axes.
+//
+// Returns `AxesPerFactor` with only its reduction factors are populated to have
+// common axes.
+//
+// Hard fails if some reduction factors do not have compatible shardings.
+AxesPerFactor getCommonAxesPerReductionFactor(
+    Operation* op, const ShardingProjection& shardingProjection,
+    OpShardingRuleAttr shardingRule) {
+  // TODO(enver): Repurpose getCompatibleFactorShardings to return compatible
+  // factors, and simplify the following logic.
+  AxesPerFactor commonAxesPerFactor =
+      AxesPerFactor(shardingRule.getNumFactors());
+  for (int64_t reductionFactor : shardingRule.getReductionFactors()) {
+    // We only iterate operands since reduction factors are not in results.
+    bool seen = false;
+    SmallVector<AxisRefAttr>& commonAxes = commonAxesPerFactor[reductionFactor];
+    for (const TensorFactorShardings& tensorFactorSharding :
+         shardingProjection.getOperands()) {
+      if (std::optional<ArrayRef<AxisRefAttr>> factorSharding =
+              getFactorSharding(tensorFactorSharding, reductionFactor)) {
+        if (seen) {
+          SDY_CHECK(factorSharding->equals(commonAxes))
+              << "For the operation " << op
+              << ", the result has unreduced axes while the operand has "
+                 "incompatible sharding along reduction factors.";
+        } else {
+          commonAxes = llvm::to_vector(*factorSharding);
+          seen = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return commonAxesPerFactor;
+}
+
 // Inserts explicit reshards on the operands and results of `op` such that the
 // sharding of `op` is compatible with its sharding rule.
 //
@@ -417,10 +453,13 @@ SmallVector<AxisRefAttr> processOp(Operation* op,
     return {};
   }
 
+  // Checks if factors are sharded the same way across operands and results.
+  AxesPerFactor commonAxesPerFactor =
+      getCompatibleFactorShardings(shardingProjection, shardingRule);
+
+  // TODO(b/446833985): Return common axes per factor also when the sharding
+  // projection have overflow axes.
   if (onFullVersion) {
-    // Checks if factors are sharded the same way across operands and results.
-    AxesPerFactor commonAxesPerFactor =
-        getCompatibleFactorShardings(shardingProjection, shardingRule);
     // Find compatible shardings if it is not already compatible.
     if (commonAxesPerFactor.empty()) {
       commonAxesPerFactor =
@@ -439,49 +478,30 @@ SmallVector<AxisRefAttr> processOp(Operation* op,
     insertExplicitReshards(op, inShardings, outShardings, shardingProjection,
                            updateTensorShardings, rewriter, shardingRule,
                            symbolTable, mesh);
+  } else {
+    TypeSwitch<Operation*>(op)
+        .Case<stablehlo::DotOp>([&](stablehlo::DotOp dotOp) {
+          processDot(dotOp, shardingProjection, outShardings, rewriter,
+                     symbolTable, shardingRule, mesh);
+        })
+        .Case<stablehlo::DotGeneralOp>(
+            [&](stablehlo::DotGeneralOp dotGeneralOp) {
+              processDot(dotGeneralOp, shardingProjection, outShardings,
+                         rewriter, symbolTable, shardingRule, mesh);
+            });
+
+    if (outShardings.empty() || getUnreducedAxes(outShardings[0]).empty()) {
+      return {};
+    }
 
-    return getReductionAxes(commonAxesPerFactor, shardingRule);
-  }
-
-  TypeSwitch<Operation*>(op)
-      .Case<stablehlo::DotOp>([&](stablehlo::DotOp dotOp) {
-        processDot(dotOp, shardingProjection, outShardings, rewriter,
-                   symbolTable, shardingRule, mesh);
-      })
-      .Case<stablehlo::DotGeneralOp>([&](stablehlo::DotGeneralOp dotGeneralOp) {
-        processDot(dotGeneralOp, shardingProjection, outShardings, rewriter,
-                   symbolTable, shardingRule, mesh);
-      });
-
-  if (outShardings.empty() || getUnreducedAxes(outShardings[0]).empty()) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  // TODO(enver): Repurpose getCompatibleFactorShardings to return compatible
-  // factors, and simplify the following logic.
-  SmallVector<AxisRefAttr> axesAlongAllReductionFactors;
-  for (int64_t reductionFactor : shardingRule.getReductionFactors()) {
-    // We only iterate operands since reduction factors are not in results.
-    bool seen = false;
-    SmallVector<AxisRefAttr> axesAlongCurrentReductionFactor;
-    for (const TensorFactorShardings& tensorFactorSharding :
-         shardingProjection.getOperands()) {
-      if (std::optional<ArrayRef<AxisRefAttr>> factorSharding =
-              getFactorSharding(tensorFactorSharding, reductionFactor)) {
-        if (seen) {
-          SDY_CHECK(axesAlongCurrentReductionFactor == *factorSharding)
-              << "For the operation " << op
-              << ", the result has unreduced axes while the operand has "
-                 "incompatible sharding along reduction factors.";
-        } else {
-          axesAlongCurrentReductionFactor = llvm::to_vector(*factorSharding);
-          seen = true;
-        }
-      }
+    if (commonAxesPerFactor.empty()) {
+      // At this point, there are unreduced axes on results.
+      commonAxesPerFactor =
+          getCommonAxesPerReductionFactor(op, shardingProjection, shardingRule);
     }
-    axesAlongAllReductionFactors.append(axesAlongCurrentReductionFactor);
   }
-  return axesAlongAllReductionFactors;
+
+  return getReductionAxes(commonAxesPerFactor, shardingRule);
 }
 
 struct InsertExplicitReshardsPass