diff --git a/src/operators/kernel/cl/cl_kernel/softmax.cl b/src/operators/kernel/cl/cl_kernel/softmax.cl
index 60f0cf409596632b67817cd236f9621010522571..ba5cee7358ca1c784a97134bb81b8f753cb9776c 100644
--- a/src/operators/kernel/cl/cl_kernel/softmax.cl
+++ b/src/operators/kernel/cl/cl_kernel/softmax.cl
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
+#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_fp16 : enable
+
 __kernel void softmax(__read_only image2d_t input,
                       __write_only image2d_t output,
                       __private const int d0,
@@ -24,18 +26,19 @@ __kernel void softmax(__read_only image2d_t input,
   const sampler_t sampler = CLK_NORMALIZED_COORDS_TRUE |
                             CLK_ADDRESS_CLAMP |
                             CLK_FILTER_NEAREST;
-  half4 maxv = read_imageh(input, sampler, int2(z * d3, y));
-  half4 buf[d3] = {piece};
-  for (int i = 1; i < d3; i++) {
-    buf[i] = read_imageh(input, sampler, int2(z * d3 + i, y));
-    maxv = max(maxv, buf[i]);
+  half4 cv = read_imageh(input, sampler, (int2)(x, y));
+  half4 maxv = cv;
+  for (int i = 0; i < d3; i++) {
+    half4 temp = read_imageh(input, sampler, (int2)(z * d3 + i, y));
+    maxv = max(maxv, temp);
   }
-  float4 sum = 0;
+  half4 sum = (half4)0.0f;
+  // half4 x = = (half4)0.0f;
   for (int i = 0; i < d3; i++) {
-    buf[i] = exp(buf[i] - maxv);
-    sum += buf[i];
+    half4 temp = read_imageh(input, sampler, (int2)(z * d3 + i, y));
+    sum += exp(temp - maxv);
   }
-  half4 r = buf[x] / sum;
+  half4 r = exp(cv - maxv) / sum;
 
-  write_imageh(output, int2(z * d3 + x, y), r);
+  write_imageh(output, (int2)(z * d3 + x, y), r);
 }