diff --git a/src/layer/scale.cpp b/src/layer/scale.cpp
index 5c58d6821..d73d79fd3 100644
--- a/src/layer/scale.cpp
+++ b/src/layer/scale.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ int Scale::load_param(const ParamDict& pd)
     scale_data_size = pd.get(0, 0);
     bias_term = pd.get(1, 0);
 
+    if (scale_data_size == -233)
+        one_blob_only = false;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -37,12 +40,17 @@ int Scale::load_model(FILE* binfp)
 {
     int nread;
 
-    scale_data.create(scale_data_size);
-    nread = fread(scale_data, scale_data_size * sizeof(float), 1, binfp);
-    if (nread != 1)
+    if (scale_data_size != -233)
     {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Scale read scale_data failed %d\n", nread);
-        return -1;
+        scale_data.create(scale_data_size);
+        if (scale_data.empty())
+            return -100;
+        nread = fread(scale_data, scale_data_size * sizeof(float), 1, binfp);
+        if (nread != 1)
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Scale read scale_data failed %d\n", nread);
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     if (bias_term)
@@ -64,8 +72,11 @@ int Scale::load_model(FILE* binfp)
 
 int Scale::load_model(const unsigned char*& mem)
 {
-    scale_data = Mat(scale_data_size, (float*)mem);
-    mem += scale_data_size * sizeof(float);
+    if (scale_data_size != -233)
+    {
+        scale_data = Mat(scale_data_size, (float*)mem);
+        mem += scale_data_size * sizeof(float);
+    }
 
     if (bias_term)
     {
@@ -76,6 +87,52 @@ int Scale::load_model(const unsigned char*& mem)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int Scale::forward_inplace(std::vector<Mat>& bottom_top_blobs) const
+{
+    Mat& bottom_top_blob = bottom_top_blobs[0];
+    const Mat& scale_blob = bottom_top_blobs[1];
+
+    int w = bottom_top_blob.w;
+    int h = bottom_top_blob.h;
+    int channels = bottom_top_blob.c;
+    int size = w * h;
+
+    if (bias_term)
+    {
+        const float* bias_ptr = bias_data;
+        #pragma omp parallel for
+        for (int q=0; q<channels; q++)
+        {
+            float* ptr = bottom_top_blob.channel(q);
+
+            float s = scale_blob.channel(q)[0];
+            float bias = bias_ptr[q];
+
+            for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
+            {
+                ptr[i] = ptr[i] * s + bias;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        #pragma omp parallel for
+        for (int q=0; q<channels; q++)
+        {
+            float* ptr = bottom_top_blob.channel(q);
+
+            float s = scale_blob.channel(q)[0];
+
+            for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
+            {
+                ptr[i] *= s;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int Scale::forward_inplace(Mat& bottom_top_blob) const
 {
     int w = bottom_top_blob.w;
diff --git a/src/layer/scale.h b/src/layer/scale.h
index 10fdb4bc7..927188716 100644
--- a/src/layer/scale.h
+++ b/src/layer/scale.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
 #endif // NCNN_STDIO
     virtual int load_model(const unsigned char*& mem);
 
+    virtual int forward_inplace(std::vector<Mat>& bottom_top_blobs) const;
     virtual int forward_inplace(Mat& bottom_top_blob) const;
 
 public:
diff --git a/tools/caffe/caffe2ncnn.cpp b/tools/caffe/caffe2ncnn.cpp
index 4331d93fd..478050b9a 100644
--- a/tools/caffe/caffe2ncnn.cpp
+++ b/tools/caffe/caffe2ncnn.cpp
@@ -970,9 +970,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         {
             const caffe::LayerParameter& binlayer = net.layer(netidx);
 
-            const caffe::BlobProto& weight_blob = binlayer.blobs(0);
             const caffe::ScaleParameter& scale_param = layer.scale_param();
-            fprintf(pp, " 0=%d", (int)weight_blob.data_size());
+            bool scale_weight = scale_param.bias_term() ? (binlayer.blobs_size() == 2) : (binlayer.blobs_size() == 1);
+            if (scale_weight)
+            {
+                const caffe::BlobProto& weight_blob = binlayer.blobs(0);
+                fprintf(pp, " 0=%d", (int)weight_blob.data_size());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                fprintf(pp, " 0=-233");
+            }
+
             fprintf(pp, " 1=%d", scale_param.bias_term());
 
             for (int j=0; j<binlayer.blobs_size(); j++)