diff --git a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/middleend/pass_manager.hpp b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/middleend/pass_manager.hpp
index 658ea626e63..382f03f0072 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/middleend/pass_manager.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/middleend/pass_manager.hpp
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ public:
     //
 
     Pass::Ptr mergeReLUAndBias();
-    Pass::Ptr mergeEltwiseAndReLU();
+    Pass::Ptr mergeEltwiseAndReLUDynamic();
+    Pass::Ptr mergeEltwiseAndReLUStatic();
     Pass::Ptr replaceWithSCReLU();
     Pass::Ptr replaceWithReduceMean();
 
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/model/model.hpp b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/model/model.hpp
index 52d90245660..4fcf8caad84 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/model/model.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/include/vpu/model/model.hpp
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ public:
         return _orderedStageList | asRange();
     }
 
+    bool isDynamic() const;
+    bool isStatic() const;
+
     //
     // Allocator
     //
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/pass_manager.cpp b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/pass_manager.cpp
index fb29af00b4d..8b529016409 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/pass_manager.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/pass_manager.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ PassSet::Ptr PassManager::buildMiddleEnd() {
     ADD_PASS(mergeReLUAndBias);
     ADD_DUMP_PASS("mergeReLUAndBias");
 
+    ADD_PASS(mergeEltwiseAndReLUDynamic);
+    ADD_DUMP_PASS("mergeEltwiseAndReLUDynamic");
+
     //
     // Data layout adjustment
     //
@@ -277,8 +280,8 @@ PassSet::Ptr PassManager::buildMiddleEnd() {
     // Model SW-specific optimizations after data layout adjustment
     //
 
-    ADD_PASS(mergeEltwiseAndReLU);
-    ADD_DUMP_PASS("mergeEltwiseAndReLU");
+    ADD_PASS(mergeEltwiseAndReLUStatic);
+    ADD_DUMP_PASS("mergeEltwiseAndReLUStatic");
 
     //
     // Model special stages processing
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/passes/merge_eltwise_and_relu.cpp b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/passes/merge_eltwise_and_relu.cpp
index 96777a4c14c..43a8312f606 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/passes/merge_eltwise_and_relu.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/middleend/passes/merge_eltwise_and_relu.cpp
@@ -13,18 +13,32 @@ namespace vpu {
 
 namespace {
 
+enum class MergeMode {
+    DYNAMIC_NETWORK,
+    STATIC_NETWORK
+};
+
 class PassImpl final : public Pass {
 public:
-    explicit PassImpl(const StageBuilder::Ptr& stageBuilder) : _stageBuilder(stageBuilder) {}
-
+    explicit PassImpl(MergeMode mode) : m_mode(mode) {}
     void run(const Model& model) override;
 
 private:
-    StageBuilder::Ptr _stageBuilder;
+    MergeMode m_mode;
 };
 
 void PassImpl::run(const Model& model) {
-    VPU_PROFILE(mergeEltwiseAndReLU);
+    if (m_mode == MergeMode::DYNAMIC_NETWORK) {
+        VPU_PROFILE(mergeEltwiseAndReLUDynamic);
+        if (model->isStatic()) {
+            return;
+        }
+    } else if (m_mode == MergeMode::STATIC_NETWORK) {
+        VPU_PROFILE(mergeEltwiseAndReLUStatic);
+        if (model->isDynamic()) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 
     for (const auto& eltwiseStage : model->getStages()) {
         if (eltwiseStage == nullptr) {
@@ -66,7 +80,7 @@ void PassImpl::run(const Model& model) {
             auto reluInput = reluStage->input(0);
             auto reluOutput = reluStage->output(0);
 
-            if (reluInput->strides() == reluOutput->strides() || reluOutput->checkStrides(StridesRequirement::compact())) {
+            if (model->isDynamic() || reluInput->strides() == reluOutput->strides() || reluOutput->checkStrides(StridesRequirement::compact())) {
                 auto reluStageType = reluStage->type();
                 auto reluStageName = reluStage->name();
 
@@ -90,8 +104,12 @@ void PassImpl::run(const Model& model) {
 
 }  // namespace
 
-Pass::Ptr PassManager::mergeEltwiseAndReLU() {
-    return std::make_shared<PassImpl>(_stageBuilder);
+Pass::Ptr PassManager::mergeEltwiseAndReLUStatic() {
+    return std::make_shared<PassImpl>(MergeMode::STATIC_NETWORK);
+}
+
+Pass::Ptr PassManager::mergeEltwiseAndReLUDynamic() {
+    return std::make_shared<PassImpl>(MergeMode::DYNAMIC_NETWORK);
 }
 
 }  // namespace vpu
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/model/model.cpp b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/model/model.cpp
index 5ee74b01d5d..e0554f8f0b9 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/model/model.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/vpu/graph_transformer/src/model/model.cpp
@@ -2166,4 +2166,14 @@ void ModelObj::removeUnusedData(const Data& data) {
     _dataPtrList.erase(data->_ptrPosInModel);
 }
 
+bool ModelObj::isDynamic() const {
+    const auto& dataObjects = datas();
+    return std::any_of(dataObjects.begin(), dataObjects.end(),
+        [](const Data& data) { return data->parentDataToShapeEdge() || !data->childDataToShapeEdges().empty(); });
+}
+
+bool ModelObj::isStatic() const {
+    return !isDynamic();
+}
+
 }  // namespace vpu