diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/nuphar/compiler/nuphar_schedule_builder.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/nuphar/compiler/nuphar_schedule_builder.cc
index 47e7030551..3684035942 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/nuphar/compiler/nuphar_schedule_builder.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/nuphar/compiler/nuphar_schedule_builder.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ static void Traverse(const tvm::Tensor& tensor,
       auto current_node = ctx_codegen.FindNode(t);
       Traverse(t, current_node, ctx_codegen, ctx_schedule);
     } else if (ctx_codegen.CheckLiteral(t->op->name)) {
-      TryInlineSchedule(t, ctx_schedule);
+      if (tensor->op.as<tvm::ExternOpNode>() != nullptr) {
+        InsertRootSchedule(t, ctx_schedule);
+      } else {
+        TryInlineSchedule(t, ctx_schedule);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/tensor/scatter_op_test.cc b/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/tensor/scatter_op_test.cc
index 5828b275a9..e5d611adff 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/tensor/scatter_op_test.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/tensor/scatter_op_test.cc
@@ -224,5 +224,31 @@ TEST(Scatter, BoolInputWithAxis) {
   scatter_bool_with_axis_tests("ScatterElements", 11);
 }
 
+static void scatter_same_updates_tests(const char* op_name, int op_version) {
+  OpTester test(op_name, op_version);
+
+  std::vector<float> input;
+  input.resize(3 * 3);
+  std::fill(input.begin(), input.end(), .0f);
+  test.AddInput<float>("data", {3, 3}, input);
+
+  test.AddInput<int64_t>("indices", {1, 2},
+                         {1, 1}, /*is_initializer*/ true);
+
+  test.AddInput<float>("updates", {1, 2},
+                       {2.0f, 2.0f});
+
+  test.AddOutput<float>("y", {3, 3},
+                        {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
+                         2.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f,
+                         0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f});
+  test.Run();
+}
+
+TEST(Scatter, SameUpdateWithoutAxis) {
+  scatter_same_updates_tests("Scatter", 9);
+  scatter_same_updates_tests("ScatterElements", 11);
+}
+
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace onnxruntime