diff --git a/tests/tt_metal/tt_metal/unit_tests_common/compute/matmul/test_matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast.cpp b/tests/tt_metal/tt_metal/unit_tests_common/compute/matmul/test_matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast.cpp
index 1c6c3faf04b..aecf5c257e2 100644
--- a/tests/tt_metal/tt_metal/unit_tests_common/compute/matmul/test_matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast.cpp
+++ b/tests/tt_metal/tt_metal/unit_tests_common/compute/matmul/test_matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast.cpp
@@ -349,9 +349,18 @@ bool matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast(tt_metal::Device *device){
     uint32_t M = 16 * num_cores_r;
     uint32_t K = 16 * 12;
     uint32_t N = 16 * num_cores_c;
-    int out_subblock_h = 4;
-    int out_subblock_w = 2;
-    int in0_block_w = 2;
+    int out_subblock_h;
+    int out_subblock_w;
+    int in0_block_w;
+    if (device->arch() == tt::ARCH::BLACKHOLE and not getenv("TT_METAL_DISABLE_BH_ND_WORKAROUND")) {
+        out_subblock_h = 1;
+        out_subblock_w = 1;
+        in0_block_w = 1;
+    } else {
+        out_subblock_h = 4;
+        out_subblock_w = 2;
+        in0_block_w = 2;
+    }
     int per_core_M = M / num_cores_r;
     int per_core_N = N / num_cores_c;
     uint32_t single_tile_size = 2 * 1024;
@@ -360,6 +369,7 @@ bool matmul_multi_core_multi_dram_in0_mcast_in1_mcast(tt_metal::Device *device){
     uint32_t out_dram_addr = 800 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 
+    log_info(LogTest, "Grid size = {}x{}", num_cores_r, num_cores_c);
     log_info(LogTest, "M = {}, N = {}, K = {}", M, N, K);
     log_info(LogTest, "Activation = {}x{}", M * 32, K * 32);
     log_info(LogTest, "Weights = {}x{}", K * 32, N * 32);