diff --git a/mindspore/lite/tools/converter/legacy_optimizer/graph/batchnorm_convert_scale_pass.cc b/mindspore/lite/tools/converter/legacy_optimizer/graph/batchnorm_convert_scale_pass.cc
index 34296e4ef6..e17e3faa41 100644
--- a/mindspore/lite/tools/converter/legacy_optimizer/graph/batchnorm_convert_scale_pass.cc
+++ b/mindspore/lite/tools/converter/legacy_optimizer/graph/batchnorm_convert_scale_pass.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "tools/converter/converter_flags.h"
 #include "third_party/securec/include/securec.h"
 #include "src/common/log_adapter.h"
+#include "src/common/common.h"
 #include "tools/common/tensor_util.h"
 #include "include/errorcode.h"
 #include "schema/inner/model_generated.h"
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ namespace {
 constexpr const float EPS = 1e-8;
 constexpr const float EPS_DEFAULT_FLOAT = 1e-8;
 constexpr const float POW_NUM = 0.5;
-constexpr const int32_t NCHW_DIM_C = 1;
 }  // namespace
 
 STATUS BatchNormConvertScalePass::Run(MetaGraphT *graph) {
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ STATUS BatchNormConvertScalePass::ConvertBNToScale(MetaGraphT *graph, const std:
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "new scaleParam failed";
     return RET_ERROR;
   }
-  scaleParam->axis = NCHW_DIM_C;
+  int32_t axis =
+    (graph->allTensors.at(bnNode->inputIndex.at(1))->format == Format_NHWC) ? (int32_t)NHWC_C : (int32_t)NCHW_C;
+  scaleParam->axis = axis;
   bnNode->primitive->value.value = scaleParam.release();
   auto input0 = bnNode->inputIndex.at(0);
   bnNode->inputIndex.clear();