diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_cmd.c b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_cmd.c
index 32719c05cb0..c185e14b0bc 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_cmd.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_cmd.c
@@ -472,38 +472,45 @@ emit_pooling(struct ethosu_subgraph *subgraph, struct ethosu_operation *operatio
 
    emit_common(subgraph, operation, false);
 
-   switch (operation->pooling.type) {
-   case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_MAX: {
-      if (!ethosu_ml_device(subgraph->base.device)->is_u65) {
-         EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_ROUND_MODE(1), 1);
-         break;
-      } else
-         FALLTHROUGH;
-   }
-   case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_AVG: {
-      scale = pooling_emit_ofm_scaling(
-         operation->ifm.scale,
-         operation->ofm.scale,
-         operation->kernel.height,
-         operation->kernel.width,
-         &scale_shift);
-
+   if (operation->pooling.nop) {
+      scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(
+         operation->ifm.scale / operation->ofm.scale,
+         &scale_shift, true);
       EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_SHIFT(scale_shift), scale);
-      break;
-   }
-   case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_SUM: {
-      scale = sum_emit_ofm_scaling(
-         operation->ifm.scale,
-         operation->ofm.scale,
-         operation->kernel.height,
-         operation->kernel.width,
-         &scale_shift);
+   } else {
+      switch (operation->pooling.type) {
+      case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_MAX: {
+         if (!ethosu_ml_device(subgraph->base.device)->is_u65) {
+            EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_ROUND_MODE(1), 1);
+            break;
+         } else
+            FALLTHROUGH;
+      }
+      case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_AVG: {
+         scale = pooling_emit_ofm_scaling(
+            operation->ifm.scale,
+            operation->ofm.scale,
+            operation->kernel.height,
+            operation->kernel.width,
+            &scale_shift);
 
-      EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_SHIFT(scale_shift) | NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_ROUND_MODE(1), scale);
-      break;
-   }
-   default:
-      UNREACHABLE("Invalid pooling type");
+         EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_SHIFT(scale_shift), scale);
+         break;
+      }
+      case ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_SUM: {
+         scale = sum_emit_ofm_scaling(
+            operation->ifm.scale,
+            operation->ofm.scale,
+            operation->kernel.height,
+            operation->kernel.width,
+            &scale_shift);
+
+         EMIT1(NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE, NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_SHIFT(scale_shift) | NPU_SET_OFM_SCALE_ROUND_MODE(1), scale);
+         break;
+      }
+      default:
+         UNREACHABLE("Invalid pooling type");
+      }
    }
 
    emit_block_config(subgraph, operation);
@@ -658,8 +665,8 @@ eltwise_emit_ofm_scaling(
    input_rescale = min_input_scale * input_shift_val / (2.0 * max_input_scale);
    output_rescale = (2.0 * max_input_scale) / (output_scale * input_shift_val);
 
-   opa_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input_rescale, &opa_shift);
-   ofm_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(output_rescale, &ofm_shift);
+   opa_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input_rescale, &opa_shift, false);
+   ofm_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(output_rescale, &ofm_shift, false);
 
    if (DBG_ENABLED(ETHOSU_DBG_MSGS)) {
       fprintf(stderr, "ADD advanced scaling: ifm1_scale=%f ifm2_scale=%f ofm_scale=%f\n",
@@ -711,7 +718,7 @@ simplified_elementwise_add_sub_scale(
       output_rescale_val = (2.0 * max_input_scale) / (output_scale * input_shift_val);
    }
 
-   *out_out_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(output_rescale_val, out_out_shift);
+   *out_out_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(output_rescale_val, out_out_shift, false);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -739,8 +746,8 @@ eltwise_emit_ofm_scaling_u85(
       &input1_rescale, &input2_rescale,
       &ofm_scale, &ofm_shift);
 
-   opa_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input1_rescale, &opa_shift);
-   opb_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input2_rescale, &opb_shift);
+   opa_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input1_rescale, &opa_shift, false);
+   opb_scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(input2_rescale, &opb_shift, false);
 
    EMIT1(NPU_SET_OPA_SCALE,
          NPU_SET_OPA_SCALE_SHIFT(opa_shift) | NPU_SET_OPA_SCALE_DBL_RND(input_shift),
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_coefs.c b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_coefs.c
index 37b0f1f2185..328a711e6da 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_coefs.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_coefs.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fill_scale_and_biases(struct ethosu_subgraph *subgraph, struct ethosu_operation
       }
 
       int32_t shift;
-      int scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(conv_scale, &shift);
+      int scale = ethosu_quantize_scale(conv_scale, &shift, false);
 
       uint64_t bias = biases ? biases[i] : 0;
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_lower.c b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_lower.c
index 3342a53aa39..1f1254aac70 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_lower.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_lower.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ ethosu_lower_concatenation(struct ethosu_subgraph *subgraph,
       operation->round_mode = ETHOSU_ROUNDING_NATURAL;
    } else
       operation->pooling.type = ETHOSU_POOLING_TYPE_SUM;
+   operation->pooling.nop = true;
 
    set_feature_maps(subgraph, poperation->input_tensors[input_idx], poperation->output_tensors[0], operation);
    operation->ofm.shape.depth = operation->ifm.shape.depth;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.c b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.c
index f5f045fc4ba..1ff5f9a3a66 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.c
@@ -83,12 +83,20 @@ ethosu_round_up_divide(int a, int b)
 }
 
 int
-ethosu_quantize_scale(double scale, int32_t *shift)
+ethosu_quantize_scale(double scale, int32_t *shift, bool reduced)
 {
    int exponent = 0;
    double significand = frexp(scale, &exponent);
    int32_t quantized_scale = round(significand * (double)(1LL << 31));
    *shift = 31 - exponent;
+
+   if (reduced) {
+      quantized_scale = (quantized_scale >> 16) + (quantized_scale >> 15 & 1);
+      // make sure reduced scale does not overflow
+      quantized_scale = MIN2(quantized_scale, 0x7FFF);
+      *shift -= 16;
+   }
+
    if (*shift > 63) {
       if (quantized_scale > exp2(*shift - 63)) {
          quantized_scale = quantized_scale >> (*shift - 63);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.h b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.h
index bb4b7be8ab4..4f7d31ec6fb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/ethosu/ethosu_ml.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ struct ethosu_operation {
 
       struct {
          enum ethosu_pooling_type type;
+         bool nop;
       } pooling;
 
       struct {
@@ -278,6 +279,6 @@ int ethosu_round_up_to_multiple(int a, int b);
 
 int ethosu_round_up_divide(int a, int b);
 
-int ethosu_quantize_scale(double scale, int32_t *shift);
+int ethosu_quantize_scale(double scale, int32_t *shift, bool reduced);
 
 #endif /* ETHOSU_ML_H */