diff --git a/src/operators/math/softmax.cpp b/src/operators/math/softmax.cpp
index e905ff25643ee120e1630e02702a91286c7c2b41..6b34f522ff6caf32c20971d9cf38f93730fdb727 100644
--- a/src/operators/math/softmax.cpp
+++ b/src/operators/math/softmax.cpp
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ void SoftmaxBasic(const float *input, int num_classes, float *y) {
   // find max
   float max = find_max(input, num_classes);
 
-  // exp(x - max)
+  // exp(x - max) and sum(exp(x - max))
   int remain = num_classes;
+  float sum = 0.f;
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON) || defined(__ARM_NEON__)
   int loop = num_classes >> 3;
   remain = num_classes & 0x7;
   float32x4_t __max = vdupq_n_f32(max);
+  float32x4_t __sum = vdupq_n_f32(0.f);
   for (int i = 0; i < loop; ++i, input += 8, output += 8) {
     float32x4_t x0 = vld1q_f32(input);
     float32x4_t x1 = vld1q_f32(input + 4);
@@ -78,29 +80,17 @@ void SoftmaxBasic(const float *input, int num_classes, float *y) {
     x1 = vsubq_f32(x1, __max);
     x0 = exp_ps(x0);
     x1 = exp_ps(x1);
-    vst1q_f32(output, x0);
-    vst1q_f32(output + 4, x1);
-  }
-#endif  // __ARM_NEON__
-  for (int i = 0; i < remain; ++i) {
-    output[i] = expf(input[i] - max);
-  }
-
-  // sum(exp(x - max))
-  float sum = 0.f;
-  output = y;
-#if defined(__ARM_NEON) || defined(__ARM_NEON__)
-  float32x4_t __sum = vdupq_n_f32(0.f);
-  for (int i = 0; i < loop; ++i, output += 8) {
-    float32x4_t x0 = vld1q_f32(output);
-    float32x4_t x1 = vld1q_f32(output + 4);
     __sum = vaddq_f32(x0, __sum);
     __sum = vaddq_f32(x1, __sum);
+    vst1q_f32(output, x0);
+    vst1q_f32(output + 4, x1);
   }
   sum += vaddvq_f32(__sum);
 #endif  // __ARM_NEON__
   for (int i = 0; i < remain; ++i) {
-    sum += output[i];
+    float out = expf(input[i] - max);
+    sum += out;
+    output[i] = out;
   }
 
   // exp(x - max) / sum