diff --git a/backends/transforms/view_copy_to_squeeze_unsqueeze.py b/backends/transforms/view_copy_to_squeeze_unsqueeze.py
index 094ec6a3340..f4a0670072c 100644
--- a/backends/transforms/view_copy_to_squeeze_unsqueeze.py
+++ b/backends/transforms/view_copy_to_squeeze_unsqueeze.py
@@ -46,16 +46,19 @@ def find_squeeze_dims(
         i = 0
         j = 0
         idx = []
-        while i < len(input_shape):
-            if input_shape[i] != view_shape[j]:
-                if input_shape[i] == 1:
-                    idx.append(i)
-                    j -= 1
-                    # continue to check remaining dims are equal
-                else:
-                    return None
-            i += 1
-            j += 1
+        while i < len(input_shape) and j < len(view_shape):
+            if input_shape[i] == view_shape[j]:
+                i += 1
+                j += 1
+            elif input_shape[i] == 1:
+                # squeeze axis on i and check next dim
+                idx.append(i)
+                i += 1
+            else:
+                return None
+        # If there are remaining dimensions, shapes do not match
+        if i < len(input_shape) or j < len(view_shape):
+            return None
         return idx
 
     def find_unsqueeze_dim(