diff --git a/dnn/src/common/adaptive_pooling.cpp b/dnn/src/common/adaptive_pooling.cpp
index 92916400..88862e1e 100644
--- a/dnn/src/common/adaptive_pooling.cpp
+++ b/dnn/src/common/adaptive_pooling.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,21 @@ namespace megdnn {
 
 param::Pooling AdaptivePoolingBase::deduce_pooling_param(
         const TensorLayout& src, const TensorLayout& dst) {
-    megdnn_assert(param().format == param::AdaptivePooling::Format::NCHW);
-    size_t IH = src.shape[2], IW = src.shape[3], OH = dst.shape[2], OW = dst.shape[3];
+    auto param_format = param().format;
+    size_t IH, IW, OH, OW;
+    if (param_format == param::AdaptivePooling::Format::NCHW) {
+        IH = src.shape[2];
+        IW = src.shape[3];
+        OH = dst.shape[2];
+        OW = dst.shape[3];
+    } else if (param_format == param::AdaptivePooling::Format::NHWC) {
+        IH = src.shape[1];
+        IW = src.shape[2];
+        OH = dst.shape[1];
+        OW = dst.shape[2];
+    } else {
+        megdnn_throw("AdaptivePooling only support NCHW or NHWC format");
+    }
 
     param::Pooling ret;
     ret.mode = param().mode;
diff --git a/src/opr/impl/dnn/adaptive_pooling.cpp b/src/opr/impl/dnn/adaptive_pooling.cpp
index 1d8f402f..17c8088d 100644
--- a/src/opr/impl/dnn/adaptive_pooling.cpp
+++ b/src/opr/impl/dnn/adaptive_pooling.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,22 @@ void AdaptivePoolingForward::outshape_by_symvar_do_get_output_shape(
             "shape mismatch for AdaptivePooling: src=%s, out2d=%s",
             src.to_string().c_str(), oshp2d.to_string().c_str());
 
-    mgb_assert(
-            param().format == Param::Format::NCHW, "AdaptivePooling only support NCHW");
-    dest.ndim = 4;
-    dest.shape[0] = src.shape[0];
-    dest.shape[1] = src.shape[1];
-    dest.shape[2] = oshp2d.shape[0];
-    dest.shape[3] = oshp2d.shape[1];
+    auto param_format = param().format;
+    if (param_format == Param::Format::NCHW) {
+        dest.ndim = 4;
+        dest.shape[0] = src.shape[0];
+        dest.shape[1] = src.shape[1];
+        dest.shape[2] = oshp2d.shape[0];
+        dest.shape[3] = oshp2d.shape[1];
+    } else if (param_format == Param::Format::NHWC) {
+        dest.ndim = 4;
+        dest.shape[0] = src.shape[0];
+        dest.shape[1] = oshp2d.shape[0];
+        dest.shape[2] = oshp2d.shape[1];
+        dest.shape[3] = src.shape[3];
+    } else {
+        mgb_throw(MegBrainError, "AdaptivePooling only support NCHW or NHWC format");
+    }
 }
 
 size_t AdaptivePoolingForward::get_workspace_size_bytes(