diff --git a/backends/arm/operator_support/__init__.py b/backends/arm/operator_support/__init__.py
index 088cee95371..066b5462f64 100644
--- a/backends/arm/operator_support/__init__.py
+++ b/backends/arm/operator_support/__init__.py
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
     to_dim_order_copy_support,
     tosa_supported_operators,
     unfold_copy_support,
+    upsample_support,
     where_support,
 )
diff --git a/backends/arm/operator_support/tosa_profile_supported_op_lists.py b/backends/arm/operator_support/tosa_profile_supported_op_lists.py
index 96c164214a0..3c3aa57774f 100644
--- a/backends/arm/operator_support/tosa_profile_supported_op_lists.py
+++ b/backends/arm/operator_support/tosa_profile_supported_op_lists.py
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@
     exir_ops.edge.aten.select_copy.int,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.sub.Tensor,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.tanh.default,
-    exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_bilinear2d.vec,
-    exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_nearest2d.vec,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.view_copy.default,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.unsqueeze_copy.default,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.squeeze_copy.dims,
@@ -211,8 +209,6 @@
     exir_ops.edge.aten._log_softmax.default,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.sub.Tensor,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.tanh.default,
-    exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_bilinear2d.vec,
-    exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_nearest2d.vec,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.var.correction,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.var.dim,
     exir_ops.edge.aten.view_copy.default,
diff --git a/backends/arm/operator_support/upsample_support.py b/backends/arm/operator_support/upsample_support.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd03a4d2b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/arm/operator_support/upsample_support.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+"""Provide TOSA support checks for upsample operators."""
+
+import torch.fx as fx
+from executorch.backends.arm._passes.arm_pass_utils import get_first_fake_tensor
+from executorch.backends.arm._passes.rewrite_upsample import RewriteUpsamplePass
+from executorch.backends.arm.common.type import ensure_type
+from executorch.backends.arm.operator_support.tosa_supported_operators import (
+    register_tosa_support_check,
+    SupportedTOSAOperatorCheck,
+)
+from executorch.backends.arm.tosa import TosaSpecification
+from executorch.exir.dialects._ops import ops as exir_ops
+
+
+@register_tosa_support_check
+class UpsampleNearest2dSupported(SupportedTOSAOperatorCheck):
+    """Provide the explicit TOSA support gate for nearest upsample."""
+
+    targets = [exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_nearest2d.vec]
+
+    def is_node_tosa_supported(
+        self, _node: fx.Node, _tosa_spec: TosaSpecification
+    ) -> bool:  # type: ignore[override, misc]
+        return True
+
+
+@register_tosa_support_check
+class UpsampleBilinear2dSupported(SupportedTOSAOperatorCheck):
+    """Reject bilinear upsample cases that cannot lower to a valid TOSA
+    RESIZE.
+    """
+
+    targets = [exir_ops.edge.aten.upsample_bilinear2d.vec]
+
+    def is_node_tosa_supported(
+        self, node: fx.Node, _tosa_spec: TosaSpecification
+    ) -> bool:  # type: ignore[override, misc]
+        input_node = ensure_type(fx.Node, node.args[0])
+        align_corners = ensure_type(bool, node.args[2])
+        input_size_yx = get_first_fake_tensor(input_node).shape[2:]
+        output_size_yx = get_first_fake_tensor(node).shape[2:]
+
+        try:
+            scale_y_n, scale_y_d, _, _ = RewriteUpsamplePass.get_resize_parameters_1d(
+                input_size_yx[0], output_size_yx[0], align_corners
+            )
+            scale_x_n, scale_x_d, _, _ = RewriteUpsamplePass.get_resize_parameters_1d(
+                input_size_yx[1], output_size_yx[1], align_corners
+            )
+        except RuntimeError as err:
+            self.reporter.report_reject(node, str(err))
+            return False
+
+        # get_resize_parameters_1d() returns the TOSA RESIZE scale fraction for
+        # each spatial dimension. For align_corners=False, this is the effective
+        # output_size / input_size ratio, so the 1/16 boundary is checked
+        # directly in the same representation that RESIZE lowering will use.
+        if scale_y_d >= 16 * scale_y_n or scale_x_d >= 16 * scale_x_n:
+            self.reporter.report_reject(
+                node,
+                "Bilinear RESIZE downscale must be strictly greater than 1/16",
+            )
+            return False
+
+        return True
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/misc/test_tosa_dialect_resize.py b/backends/arm/test/misc/test_tosa_dialect_resize.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91e7aad8ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/arm/test/misc/test_tosa_dialect_resize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+import executorch.backends.arm.tosa.dialect  # noqa: F401
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from executorch.backends.arm.tosa.dialect.lib import TosaValueError
+from executorch.backends.arm.tosa.specification import (
+    TosaLoweringContext,
+    TosaSpecification,
+)
+from executorch.exir.dialects._ops import ops as exir_ops
+from torch._subclasses.fake_tensor import FakeTensorMode
+
+
+def test_bilinear_resize_rejects_exact_one_sixteenth_downscale():
+    with TosaLoweringContext(
+        TosaSpecification.create_from_string("TOSA-1.0+INT")
+    ), FakeTensorMode() as mode:
+        with pytest.raises(
+            TosaValueError,
+            match="Bilinear RESIZE downscale must be strictly greater than 1/16",
+        ):
+            exir_ops.backend.tosa.RESIZE.default(
+                mode.from_tensor(
+                    torch.randint(0, 10, (1, 3, 256, 448), dtype=torch.int8)
+                ),
+                [2, 32, 2, 32],
+                [15, 15],
+                [-15, -15],
+                resize_mode="bilinear",
+            )
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_upsample_bilinear2d.py b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_upsample_bilinear2d.py
index 3ac727e529f..d06d1688ffe 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_upsample_bilinear2d.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_upsample_bilinear2d.py
@@ -140,6 +140,25 @@ def forward(self, x):
         return self.upsample(x)
 
 
+class InterpolateAlignCornersFalse(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        size: Optional[Tuple[int]],
+        scale_factor: Optional[float | Tuple[float]],
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.upsample = lambda x: torch.nn.functional.interpolate(
+            x,
+            size=size,
+            scale_factor=scale_factor,
+            mode="bilinear",
+            align_corners=False,
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.upsample(x)
+
+
 @common.parametrize(
     "test_data",
     test_data_suite_tosa | test_data_suite_tosa_bf16 | test_data_suite_tosa_fp16,
@@ -231,6 +250,17 @@ def test_upsample_bilinear2d_vec_tosa_FP_Interpolate(
     pipeline.run()
 
 
+def test_upsample_bilinear2d_vec_tosa_does_not_delegate_exact_one_sixteenth_downscale():
+    pipeline = OpNotSupportedPipeline[input_t1](
+        InterpolateAlignCornersFalse(size=None, scale_factor=1.0 / 16.0),
+        (torch.randn(1, 3, 256, 448),),
+        {exir_op: 1},
+        n_expected_delegates=0,
+    )
+
+    pipeline.run()
+
+
 @common.parametrize("test_data", test_data_suite_tosa)
 def test_upsample_bilinear2d_vec_tosa_INT_intropolate(
     test_data: torch.Tensor,
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/targets.bzl b/backends/arm/test/targets.bzl
index b9e8726f78d..52d1b651b75 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/targets.bzl
+++ b/backends/arm/test/targets.bzl
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def define_arm_tests():
         "misc/test_compile_spec.py",
         # "misc/test_evaluate_model.py",
         "misc/test_pass_pipeline_config.py",
+        "misc/test_tosa_dialect_resize.py",
         "misc/test_tosa_spec.py",
         "misc/test_bn_relu_folding_qat.py",
         "misc/test_custom_partition.py",
diff --git a/backends/arm/tosa/dialect/ops/resize.py b/backends/arm/tosa/dialect/ops/resize.py
index f8b078c8690..47add0ffb7f 100644
--- a/backends/arm/tosa/dialect/ops/resize.py
+++ b/backends/arm/tosa/dialect/ops/resize.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def _get_output_dtype(
     return output_dtype
 
 
-def _validate_resize_parameters(scale, border):
+def _validate_resize_parameters(scale, border, resize_mode):
     def in_int16_range(values):
         return all((x >= -(2**15)) and (x <= 2**15 - 1) for x in values)
 
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ def in_int16_range(values):
         raise TosaValueError("scale is out of the int16 range", op="RESIZE")
     if not in_int16_range(border):
         raise TosaValueError("border is out of the int16 range", op="RESIZE")
+    if resize_mode == "bilinear":
+        scale_y_n, scale_y_d, scale_x_n, scale_x_d = scale
+        if scale_y_d >= 16 * scale_y_n or scale_x_d >= 16 * scale_x_n:
+            raise TosaValueError(
+                "Bilinear RESIZE downscale must be strictly greater than 1/16",
+                op="RESIZE",
+            )
 
 
 @register_fake_tosa_op(
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ def RESIZE(
             f"Input tensor must be 4D, but got {x.dim()}D", op="RESIZE"
         )
     _validate_resize_mode(resize_mode)
-    _validate_resize_parameters(scale, border)
+    _validate_resize_parameters(scale, border, resize_mode)
     output_dtype = _get_output_dtype(x.dtype, tosa_spec, resize_mode)
 
     input_shape = x.shape