diff --git a/backends/apple/coreml/compiler/torch_ops.py b/backends/apple/coreml/compiler/torch_ops.py
index ad696f50492..53ac436fe38 100644
--- a/backends/apple/coreml/compiler/torch_ops.py
+++ b/backends/apple/coreml/compiler/torch_ops.py
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ def dequantize_affine(context, node):
         int_data.astype(quantized_np_dtype),
         zero_point,
         scale,
-        axis=-1,
         name=node.name,
     )
     context.add(output, node.name)
diff --git a/backends/apple/coreml/test/test_torch_ops.py b/backends/apple/coreml/test/test_torch_ops.py
index 309db16928a..de54b684ee7 100644
--- a/backends/apple/coreml/test/test_torch_ops.py
+++ b/backends/apple/coreml/test/test_torch_ops.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 class TestTorchOps(unittest.TestCase):
     edge_compile_config = executorch.exir.EdgeCompileConfig()
 
-    def _coreml_partitioner(self):
+    def _coreml_partitioner(self, *, minimum_deployment_target=ct.target.iOS18):
         compile_specs = CoreMLBackend.generate_compile_specs(
-            minimum_deployment_target=ct.target.iOS18
+            minimum_deployment_target=minimum_deployment_target
         )
         return CoreMLPartitioner(compile_specs=compile_specs)
 
@@ -158,6 +158,33 @@ def test_dequantize_affine_c8w_embedding_b4w_linear(self):
         et_prog = delegated_program.to_executorch()
         self._compare_outputs(et_prog, model, example_inputs)
 
+    def test_dequantize_affine_c8w_embedding_c8w_linear_ios16(self):
+        model, example_inputs = self._get_test_model()
+        quantize_(
+            model,
+            IntxWeightOnlyConfig(weight_dtype=torch.int8, granularity=PerAxis(0)),
+            lambda m, fqn: isinstance(m, torch.nn.Embedding),
+        )
+        quantize_(
+            model,
+            IntxWeightOnlyConfig(weight_dtype=torch.int8, granularity=PerAxis(0)),
+        )
+        ep = torch.export.export(model, example_inputs)
+        delegated_program = executorch.exir.to_edge_transform_and_lower(
+            ep,
+            partitioner=[
+                self._coreml_partitioner(minimum_deployment_target=ct.target.iOS16)
+            ],
+        )
+        for node in delegated_program.exported_program().graph.nodes:
+            if node.op == "call_function":
+                assert node.target.__name__ in [
+                    "executorch_call_delegate",
+                    "getitem",
+                ], f"Got unexpected node target after delegation: {node.target.__name__}"
+        et_prog = delegated_program.to_executorch()
+        self._compare_outputs(et_prog, model, example_inputs)
+
     def test_dequantize_codebook_linear_per_grouped_col(self):
         model, example_inputs = self._get_test_model()
         quantize_(
@@ -298,6 +325,7 @@ def forward(self, x):
     test_runner.test_dequantize_affine_c4w_embedding()
     test_runner.test_dequantize_affine_c4w_linear()
     test_runner.test_dequantize_affine_c8w_embedding_b4w_linear()
+    test_runner.test_dequantize_affine_c8w_embedding_c8w_linear_ios16()
     test_runner.test_dequantize_codebook_linear_per_grouped_col()
     test_runner.test_dequantize_codebook_linear_per_grouped_row()
     test_runner.test_dequantize_codebook_embedding_per_grouped_col()