diff --git a/backends/arm/_passes/insert_table_ops.py b/backends/arm/_passes/insert_table_ops.py
index 82d2ff1dbe0..7f56a6e8dbe 100644
--- a/backends/arm/_passes/insert_table_ops.py
+++ b/backends/arm/_passes/insert_table_ops.py
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ def f(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         )
         return (f(effective_codes).to(dtype=torch.int8), 0)
 
+    @staticmethod
     def generate_16_bit_table_values(
-        self,
         torch_op: Callable[[torch.Tensor], torch.Tensor],
         in_quantargs: QuantArgs,
         out_quantargs: QuantArgs,
@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ def f(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         #       but due to signedness this is a negative number! So we need to shift it one more bit.
         # Note: for out_quantargs.dtype=torch.int16, rshift == 0 and rescale_lshift = -7.
         rshift = int(torch.ceil(torch.log2(lut_values.abs().max()))) + 1 - 16
+        # When the table values use fewer than 16 bits (e.g. a sigmoid output
+        # quantized with a small scale, so the max table value is well below
+        # 2**15), the formula above yields a negative rshift. The values already
+        # fit in signed int16, and a negative right-shift is undefined (on host it
+        # masks the shift count and zeroes the table, giving a degenerate
+        # step-function LUT on device). Clamp to 0 so no shift is applied; this is
+        # the documented int16 case (rshift == 0, rescale_lshift == -7) and keeps
+        # rescale_lshift consistent with the shift actually performed below.
+        rshift = max(rshift, 0)
         # The 7 fractional bits are equivalent to a lshift of 7, so subtract 7 from the lshift we do.
         rescale_lshift = rshift - 7
         lut_values = lut_values >> rshift
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_sigmoid_32bit.py b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_sigmoid_32bit.py
index 29fc90b67fc..707f1bae06f 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_sigmoid_32bit.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_sigmoid_32bit.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import torch
+from executorch.backends.arm._passes.insert_table_ops import InsertTableOpsPass
+from executorch.backends.arm._passes.quant_args import QuantArgs
 from executorch.backends.arm.quantizer.quantization_config import QuantizationConfig
 from executorch.backends.arm.test import common
 from executorch.backends.arm.test.tester.test_pipeline import (
@@ -175,3 +177,43 @@ def test_sigmoid_u85_INT_add_sigmoid(test_data):
     )
     configure_32bit_sigmoid_quantizer(pipeline)
     pipeline.run()
+
+
+def test_int16_table_small_output_range_is_not_degenerate():
+    """Regression for the int16 TABLE negative-rshift bug.
+
+    A TABLE op whose output uses fewer than 16 bits -- e.g. a sigmoid output in
+    [0, 1] quantized with a small scale, so the max table value (here 4096) is
+    well below 2**15 -- yields ``rshift < 0``. The generator then did
+    ``lut_values >> rshift``, an undefined negative right-shift that zeroed the
+    whole table on the host, turning the on-device activation into a constant.
+    The table must remain a non-degenerate, monotonic ramp.
+
+    """
+    # qparams for a small-output-range sigmoid (input spans ~+-22.4,
+    # output in [0, 1] quantized at 1/4096 -> max table value 4096 = 13 bits).
+    in_quantargs = QuantArgs(
+        scale=0.0006833122461102903, zp=0, qmin=-32767, qmax=32767, dtype=torch.int16
+    )
+    out_quantargs = QuantArgs(
+        scale=1.0 / 4096, zp=0, qmin=-32767, qmax=32767, dtype=torch.int16
+    )
+
+    # generate_16_bit_table_values is a @staticmethod; call it on the class.
+    lut, rescale_lshift = InsertTableOpsPass.generate_16_bit_table_values(
+        torch.sigmoid, in_quantargs, out_quantargs
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        torch.unique(lut).numel() > 1
+    ), "int16 sigmoid table collapsed to a constant (negative-rshift bug)"
+    assert bool(
+        (lut[1:] >= lut[:-1]).all()
+    ), "sigmoid table must be monotonically non-decreasing"
+    assert int(lut.min()) == 0 and int(lut.max()) == 4096, (
+        f"unexpected table range [{int(lut.min())}, {int(lut.max())}], "
+        "expected a full [0, 4096] sigmoid ramp"
+    )
+    # Values already fit in int16, so no shift is applied: this is the documented
+    # int16 case (rshift == 0 -> rescale_lshift == -7), not the buggy -10.
+    assert rescale_lshift == -7, f"expected rescale_lshift == -7, got {rescale_lshift}"