diff --git a/src/backends/aclCommon/ArmComputeUtils.hpp b/src/backends/aclCommon/ArmComputeUtils.hpp
index 0ee13b3..eae152d 100644
--- a/src/backends/aclCommon/ArmComputeUtils.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/aclCommon/ArmComputeUtils.hpp
@@ -153,18 +153,21 @@
 template<typename T>
 inline T ComputeSoftmaxAclAxis(const SoftmaxDescriptor& softmaxDesc, const armnn::TensorInfo& tensor)
 {
-    // Detect the Android default value of -1 and return the ACL default value of 1.
+    // Detect the Android default value of -1 and return the ACL default value of 0.
     if (softmaxDesc.m_Axis == -1)
     {
-        return 1;
+        return 0;
     }
 
-   unsigned int dim = tensor.GetNumDimensions();
+    unsigned int dim = tensor.GetNumDimensions();
 
     ARMNN_ASSERT(dim != 0);
 
     // Currently ArmNN support axis 1.
-    return static_cast<T>(dim) - 1;
+    auto aclAxis = (static_cast<T>(dim) - 1);
+    aclAxis = aclAxis > 0 ? aclAxis -1 : aclAxis;
+
+    return aclAxis;
 }
 
 inline std::set<unsigned int> ComputeSplitAxis(const armnn::SplitterDescriptor& desc, const TensorShape& input)