diff --git a/src/cpu/operators/CpuGemmDirectConv2d.cpp b/src/cpu/operators/CpuGemmDirectConv2d.cpp
index 75c057e45..4d4d0e272 100644
--- a/src/cpu/operators/CpuGemmDirectConv2d.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/operators/CpuGemmDirectConv2d.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ void CpuGemmDirectConv2d::run(ITensorPack &tensors)
     _gemm_asm_func->run(tensors);
     if(_run_activation)
     {
-        _activation_func->run(tensors);
+        auto io = tensors.get_tensor(ACL_DST);
+        ITensorPack pack{ { ACL_SRC, io }, { ACL_DST, io } };
+        _activation_func->run(pack);
     }
 }