diff --git a/backends/arm/_passes/convert_expand_copy_to_repeat.py b/backends/arm/_passes/convert_expand_copy_to_repeat.py
index 7c376609d8..71dbdb5b85 100644
--- a/backends/arm/_passes/convert_expand_copy_to_repeat.py
+++ b/backends/arm/_passes/convert_expand_copy_to_repeat.py
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ def call_operator(self, op, args, kwargs, meta):
         ]
 
         # To convert expand arg to repeat arg, non-repeated dims should have
-        # multiples[dim] = 1.
+        # multiples[dim] = 1. Passing -1 to expand arg means
+        # not changing the size of that dimension.
         multiples = [
-            multiples[i] if extended_shape[i] == 1 else 1 for i in range(expanded_rank)
+            multiples[i] if multiples[i] != -1 and extended_shape[i] == 1 else 1
+            for i in range(expanded_rank)
         ]
         return super().call_operator(
             op=self.repeat, args=(args[0], multiples), kwargs=kwargs, meta=meta
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_expand.py b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_expand.py
index 05f72aa379..a8cdd48b40 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_expand.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_expand.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Expand(torch.nn.Module):
             (torch.ones(1, 1, 2, 2), (4, 3, -1, 2)),
             (torch.ones(1), (2, 2, 4)),
             (torch.ones(3, 2, 4, 1), (-1, -1, -1, 3)),
+            (torch.ones(1, 1, 192), (1, -1, -1)),
         ]
 
         def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, multiples: Sequence):