diff --git a/ethosu/regor/architecture/ethosu85/ethos_u85_register_cs_generator.cpp b/ethosu/regor/architecture/ethosu85/ethos_u85_register_cs_generator.cpp
index 0ab1724684b0644af2b1828ac5095b5e0166b18f..607eac86c4f94441eabb7f1b5c2cb35f196f2fbd 100644
--- a/ethosu/regor/architecture/ethosu85/ethos_u85_register_cs_generator.cpp
+++ b/ethosu/regor/architecture/ethosu85/ethos_u85_register_cs_generator.cpp
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ void EthosU85RCSGenerator::GenerateOFMScalingForPooling(HLCOperation *poolOp, bo
     QuantizedScale ofmScale(1, 0);
     pooling_mode mode = (poolOp->type == OpType::AvgPool && (poolOp->kernel.Size().x > 8 || poolOp->kernel.Size().y > 8)) ? pooling_mode::SUM : pooling_mode::NONE;
 
-    if ( mode == pooling_mode::SUM && useGlobalScale && poolOp->kernel.Padding().IsZero() )
+    if ( mode == pooling_mode::SUM && useGlobalScale && !poolOp->ofm.quantization.scales.empty() )
     {
         uint32_t scale = 1;
         int shift = 0;