diff --git a/libnd4j/include/ops/declarable/helpers/cpu/ismax.cpp b/libnd4j/include/ops/declarable/helpers/cpu/ismax.cpp
index 45ec30b58..af4e96e2e 100644
--- a/libnd4j/include/ops/declarable/helpers/cpu/ismax.cpp
+++ b/libnd4j/include/ops/declarable/helpers/cpu/ismax.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static void ismax_(const NDArray* input, NDArray* output, const std::vector<int>
             if (end > tads) end = tads;
 
             for (int r = start; r < end; r++) {
-                if (tadEWS > 0 && zEWS > 0 && dimensionsLength == 1) {
                     auto rX = const_cast<NDArray*>(input)->bufferAsT<X>() + tadOffsets[r];
                     auto rZ = output->bufferAsT<Z>() + zOfsets[r];
 
@@ -198,44 +197,6 @@ static void ismax_(const NDArray* input, NDArray* output, const std::vector<int>
                             rZ[zOffset] = maxIdx == i ? (Z) 1 : (Z) 0;
                         }
                     }
-                } 
-                else {
-                    int tadsPerThread = tads / TAD_THRESHOLD;
-                    int num_threads = nd4j::math::nd4j_max<int>(1, tadsPerThread);
-                    num_threads = nd4j::math::nd4j_min<int>(num_threads, omp_get_max_threads());
-
-                    Nd4jLong offset = tadOffsets[r];
-                    Nd4jLong shapeIter[MAX_RANK];
-                    Nd4jLong coord[MAX_RANK];
-                    int dim;
-                    Nd4jLong xStridesIter[MAX_RANK];
-                    Nd4jLong resultStridesIter[MAX_RANK];
-                    Nd4jLong *xShape = shape::shapeOf(tadShapeShapeInfo);
-                    Nd4jLong *xStride = shape::stride(tadShapeShapeInfo);
-                    Nd4jLong *resultStride = shape::stride(tadShapeShapeInfo);
-                    int rank = shape::rank(tadShapeShapeInfo);
-                    auto xPointer = const_cast<NDArray*>(input)->bufferAsT<X>() + offset;
-                    auto resultPointer = output->bufferAsT<Z>() + offset;
-                    auto maxValue = xPointer[0];
-
-                    auto maxCursor = resultPointer;
-                    Nd4jPointer maxCursorLong = reinterpret_cast<Nd4jPointer>(maxCursor);
-                    
-                    if (PrepareTwoRawArrayIter<X,Z>(rank, xShape, xPointer, xStride, resultPointer, resultStride, &rank, shapeIter, &xPointer, xStridesIter, &resultPointer, resultStridesIter) >= 0) {
-                        ND4J_RAW_ITER_START(dim, rank, coord, shapeIter); 
-                        {
-                            if (maxValue < xPointer[0]) {
-                                maxCursor = resultPointer;
-                                maxCursorLong = reinterpret_cast<Nd4jPointer>(resultPointer);
-                                maxValue = xPointer[0];
-                            }
-                            resultPointer[0] = (Z) 0;
-                        }
-                        ND4J_RAW_ITER_TWO_NEXT(dim, rank, coord, shapeIter, xPointer, xStridesIter, resultPointer, resultStridesIter);
-                        maxCursor = reinterpret_cast<Z*>(maxCursorLong);
-                        maxCursor[0] = (Z) 1;
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
index 012b974fb..121ca2b43 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-api-parent/nd4j-api/src/main/java/org/nd4j/linalg/api/ndarray/BaseNDArray.java
@@ -6719,7 +6719,8 @@ public abstract class BaseNDArray implements INDArray, Iterable {
 
     @Override
     public boolean wasClosed() {
-        if (released || data().wasClosed())
+        // data can be null if that's empty array
+        if (released || (data() != null && data().wasClosed()))
             return true;
 
         return false;
diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/custom/CustomOpsTests.java b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/custom/CustomOpsTests.java
index a1bc56703..d7f5746cc 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/custom/CustomOpsTests.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-backends/nd4j-tests/src/test/java/org/nd4j/linalg/custom/CustomOpsTests.java
@@ -643,6 +643,20 @@ public class CustomOpsTests extends BaseNd4jTest {
         assertEquals(result1, result2);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void isMax4d_2dims(){
+        Nd4j.getRandom().setSeed(12345);
+        INDArray in = Nd4j.rand(DataType.FLOAT, 3, 3, 4, 4).permute(0, 2, 3, 1);
+
+        INDArray out_permutedIn = in.like();
+        INDArray out_dupedIn = in.like();
+
+        Nd4j.exec(new IsMax(in.dup(), out_dupedIn, 2, 3));
+        Nd4j.exec(new IsMax(in, out_permutedIn, 2, 3));
+
+        assertEquals(out_dupedIn, out_permutedIn);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSizeTypes(){
         List<DataType> failed = new ArrayList<>();