diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/arm_gemm/gemm_uint8.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/arm_gemm/gemm_uint8.cpp
index c300b8c..7d24ea6 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/arm_gemm/gemm_uint8.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/arm_gemm/gemm_uint8.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     GemmMethod::GEMM_INTERLEAVED,
     "a64_gemm_u16_8x12",
     nullptr,
-    [](const GemmArgs &args) { return args._ci->get_cpu_model() == CPUModel::A53; },
+    [](const GemmArgs &args) { return args._ci->get_cpu_model() == CPUModel::A53 && args._Msize > 4; },
     [](const GemmArgs &args) { return new GemmInterleaved<cls_a64_gemm_u16_8x12, uint8_t, uint32_t>(args); },
 },
 {