diff --git a/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_eltwise_node.cpp b/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_eltwise_node.cpp
index cbdd60fc57b..da7456787e7 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_eltwise_node.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_eltwise_node.cpp
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ void MKLDNNEltwiseNode::prepareParams() {
                 break;
 
             for (int j = 1; j < dims_in.size(); j++) {
-                if (dims_in[j][dims_in[j].size() - 1] != dims_in[0][dims_in[0].size() - 1]) {
+                if (dims_in[j].back() != dims_in[0].back()) {
                     hasDifferentDims = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -1410,11 +1410,6 @@ void MKLDNNEltwiseNode::prepareParams() {
             bool canCollapse = true;
             for (int i = 0; i < dims_in.size(); i++) {
                 if (dims_in[i][dims_in[i].size() - 2] != 1) {
-                    if (dims_in[i][dims_in[i].size() - 1] == 1) {
-                        canCollapse = false;
-                        break;
-                    }
-
                     if (hasDifferentDims) {
                         canCollapse = false;
                         break;
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/eltwise.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/eltwise.cpp
index 786f1b6b382..fa5c6404b56 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/eltwise.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/eltwise.cpp
@@ -21,10 +21,21 @@ std::vector<std::vector<ov::Shape>> inShapesStatic = {
         {{1, 2, 4}},
         {{1, 4, 4}},
         {{1, 4, 4, 1}},
+        {{16, 16, 16, 16, 16}},
+        {{16, 16, 16, 16, 1}},
+        {{16, 16, 16, 1, 16}},
+        {{16, 32, 1, 1, 1}},
         {{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3}},
         {{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}},
 };
 
+std::vector<std::vector<ov::Shape>> inShapesStaticCheckCollapse = {
+        {{16, 16, 16, 16}, {16, 16, 16, 1}},
+        {{16, 16, 16, 1}, {16, 16, 16, 1}},
+        {{16, 16, 16, 16}, {16, 16, 1, 16}},
+        {{16, 16, 1, 16}, {16, 16, 1, 16}},
+};
+
 std::vector<std::vector<ov::test::InputShape>> inShapesDynamic = {
         {{{ngraph::Dimension(1, 10), 200}, {{2, 200}, {1, 200}}},
          {{ngraph::Dimension(1, 10), 200}, {{2, 200}, {5, 200}}}},
@@ -84,6 +95,17 @@ const auto multiply_params = ::testing::Combine(
         ::testing::Values(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU),
         ::testing::Values(additional_config));
 
+const auto collapsing_params = ::testing::Combine(
+        ::testing::ValuesIn(ov::test::static_shapes_to_test_representation(inShapesStaticCheckCollapse)),
+        ::testing::ValuesIn(eltwiseOpTypes),
+        ::testing::ValuesIn(secondaryInputTypes),
+        ::testing::Values(opTypes[1]),
+        ::testing::ValuesIn(netPrecisions),
+        ::testing::Values(ov::element::undefined),
+        ::testing::Values(ov::element::undefined),
+        ::testing::Values(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU),
+        ::testing::Values(additional_config));
+
 const auto multiply_params_dynamic = ::testing::Combine(
         ::testing::ValuesIn(inShapesDynamic),
         ::testing::ValuesIn(eltwiseOpTypesDynamic),
@@ -96,6 +118,7 @@ const auto multiply_params_dynamic = ::testing::Combine(
         ::testing::Values(additional_config));
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_CompareWithRefs_static, EltwiseLayerTest, multiply_params, EltwiseLayerTest::getTestCaseName);
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_CompareWithRefs_static_check_collapsing, EltwiseLayerTest, collapsing_params, EltwiseLayerTest::getTestCaseName);
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_CompareWithRefs_dynamic, EltwiseLayerTest, multiply_params_dynamic, EltwiseLayerTest::getTestCaseName);