diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.cpp b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.cpp
index 9f3a0ed7e6..2d4526d71c 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.cpp
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ void HandleNegativeAxes(gsl::span<int32_t> onnxAxes, uint32_t dimCount)
     }
 }
 
+void FillWithLeadingValues(/*inout*/ std::vector<uint32_t>& values, uint32_t minimumElementCount, uint32_t fillValue)
+{
+    // e.g.
+    // input = [6,7]
+    // elementCount = 4
+    // fillValue = 1
+    // output = [1,1,6,7]
+
+    const size_t oldElementCount = values.size();
+    const size_t newElementCount = std::max(size_t(minimumElementCount), oldElementCount);
+    const size_t fillCount = newElementCount - oldElementCount;
+
+    values.resize(newElementCount);
+    std::copy_backward(values.data(), values.data() + oldElementCount, values.data() + fillCount);
+  std::fill_n(values.data(), fillCount, fillValue);
+}
+
 int64_t ReadAsInt64(MLOperatorTensorDataType tensorDataType, const void* p)
 {
     switch (tensorDataType)
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.h b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.h
index aa8486117f..6940ed3a85 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/OperatorAuthorHelper/OperatorHelper.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ void RemoveValuesByIndex(gsl::span<const uint32_t> indices, bool keepOneValue, /
   values.resize(newValuesCount);
 }
 
+void FillWithLeadingValues(/*inout*/ std::vector<uint32_t>& values, uint32_t minimumElementCount, uint32_t fillValue);
+
 int64_t ReadAsInt64(MLOperatorTensorDataType tensorDataType, const void* p);
 
 class EdgeShapes {
@@ -641,7 +643,7 @@ public:
   std::vector<DimensionType> m_outputDimensions;
   std::vector<uint32_t> m_offsets;
   std::vector<uint32_t> m_sizes;
-  std::vector<uint32_t> m_strides;
+  std::vector<int32_t> m_strides;
 };
 
 class SliceHelper : public SliceHelperBase