diff --git a/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer.py b/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer.py
index 3508410509c..0080d77ab69 100644
--- a/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer.py
+++ b/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer.py
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ def set_global(
             quantization_config, node_finder, self.pattern_matcher
         )
         self.global_config = quantization_config
+        self.shared_qspec_quantizer.global_config = quantization_config
         return self
 
     def set_node_target(
diff --git a/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer_utils.py b/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer_utils.py
index d4c2dfebdee..a59ccff87b1 100644
--- a/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer_utils.py
+++ b/backends/arm/quantizer/arm_quantizer_utils.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ class SharedQspecQuantizer(Quantizer, QuantizerReporterUser):
     def __init__(self, targets: Optional[list[Callable[..., object]]] = None) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         QuantizerReporterUser.__init__(self)
+        self.global_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None
         if targets is None:
             self.targets = self.SHARED_QSPEC_OPS_DEFAULT
             self.support_config_path = (
@@ -551,10 +552,24 @@ def _append_input_qspec(
             return
         adjacent_qspecs.append(input_qspec)
 
-    def _get_shared_clique(self, root_node: Node) -> tuple[set[Node], list[Any]]:
+    def _is_quantized_io_boundary(self, node: Node) -> bool:
+        """Return True if node is a model input/output annotated by the
+        quantizer.
+
+        Such a node sits on the quantized interface but its qspec is often
+        filtered out of shared-cluster propagation: a uint8 IO qspec is skipped
+        by _skip_shared_qspec_from_io, and an input-state placeholder may carry
+        an annotation with no output_qspec. Its presence still signals that the
+        cluster is on the quantized data path.
+
+        """
+        return node.op in ("placeholder", "output") and self._is_annotated(node)
+
+    def _get_shared_clique(self, root_node: Node) -> tuple[set[Node], list[Any], bool]:
         shared_nodes = set()
         bfs_queue = [root_node]
         adjacent_qspecs: list[Any] = []
+        touches_quantized_io = False
 
         while bfs_queue:
             node = bfs_queue.pop(0)
@@ -563,12 +578,14 @@ def _get_shared_clique(self, root_node: Node) -> tuple[set[Node], list[Any]]:
             for input_node in node.all_input_nodes:
                 self._maybe_enqueue_shared_node(input_node, shared_nodes, bfs_queue)
                 self._append_output_qspec(input_node, adjacent_qspecs)
+                touches_quantized_io |= self._is_quantized_io_boundary(input_node)
 
             for output_node in node.users.keys():
                 self._maybe_enqueue_shared_node(output_node, shared_nodes, bfs_queue)
                 self._append_input_qspec(output_node, node, adjacent_qspecs)
+                touches_quantized_io |= self._is_quantized_io_boundary(output_node)
 
-        return shared_nodes, adjacent_qspecs
+        return shared_nodes, adjacent_qspecs, touches_quantized_io
 
     def _should_skip_while_shared_qspec(self, node: Node) -> bool:
         return node.target == torch.ops.higher_order.while_loop and bool(
@@ -623,7 +640,25 @@ def _annotate_shared_cluster(self, root_node: Node) -> None:
             )
             return
 
-        shared_nodes, adjacent_qspecs = self._get_shared_clique(root_node)
+        shared_nodes, adjacent_qspecs, touches_quantized_io = self._get_shared_clique(
+            root_node
+        )
+
+        # If there is no neighbor qspec to propagate but the cluster sits on the
+        # quantized I/O boundary (e.g. a state-passthrough cat whose only neighbors
+        # are a uint8 model input skipped by _skip_shared_qspec_from_io and an
+        # input-state placeholder with no output_qspec), initiate quantization from
+        # the global config rather than leaving the cluster in float. Without this,
+        # such clusters fall off the integer delegate onto CPU.
+        if (
+            len(adjacent_qspecs) == 0
+            and touches_quantized_io
+            and self.global_config is not None
+        ):
+            global_input_qspec = self.global_config.get_input_act_qspec()
+            if global_input_qspec is not None:
+                adjacent_qspecs = [global_input_qspec]
+
         node_order = {node: index for index, node in enumerate(root_node.graph.nodes)}
         ordered_nodes = sorted(shared_nodes, key=lambda node: node_order.get(node, 0))
 
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/quantizer/test_uint8_io_quantization.py b/backends/arm/test/quantizer/test_uint8_io_quantization.py
index 7461ca85a6f..3b839dc01c0 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/quantizer/test_uint8_io_quantization.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/quantizer/test_uint8_io_quantization.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 import torch
 
 from executorch.backends.arm.quantizer import (
+    get_symmetric_quantization_config,
     get_uint8_io_quantization_config,
     TOSAQuantizer,
 )
 from executorch.backends.arm.test import common
 from executorch.backends.arm.test.tester.test_pipeline import QuantizationPipeline
+from torchao.quantization.pt2e.quantize_pt2e import prepare_pt2e
+from torchao.quantization.pt2e.quantizer.quantizer import Q_ANNOTATION_KEY
 
 
 class SimpleMLP(torch.nn.Module):
@@ -24,6 +27,21 @@ def forward(self, x):
         return self.fc2(self.relu(self.fc1(x)))
 
 
+class CloneAtIoBoundary(torch.nn.Module):
+    """Zero-arithmetic cluster whose only adjacent annotated neighbours are
+    uint8-annotated IO nodes (input placeholder + graph output).
+
+    With set_global(int8) + set_io(uint8), both the placeholder and the output
+    node carry uint8 qspecs that _skip_shared_qspec_from_io filters out, leaving
+    adjacent_qspecs empty. Before the IO-boundary fallback fix in
+    SharedQspecQuantizer, this caused the cluster to stay in float.
+
+    """
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        return torch.clone(x)
+
+
 def test_uint8_io_quantization_config_tosa_INT_applies_to_io():
     model = SimpleMLP().eval()
     test_data = (torch.rand(1, 4),)
@@ -40,3 +58,39 @@ def test_uint8_io_quantization_config_tosa_INT_applies_to_io():
         output_qspecs={io_config.output_activation: 1},
     )
     pipeline.run()
+
+
+def test_io_boundary_shared_cluster_is_quantized():
+    """Regression: a zero-arithmetic cluster adjacent only to uint8-annotated IO
+    nodes must be annotated with the global int8 qspec, not left in float.
+
+    _skip_shared_qspec_from_io filters the uint8 qspec from IO nodes, so when
+    the cluster's only neighbours are such nodes adjacent_qspecs ends up empty.
+    The fix in SharedQspecQuantizer detects the IO-boundary via
+    _is_quantized_io_boundary and falls back to global_config.get_input_act_qspec().
+    """
+    model = CloneAtIoBoundary().eval()
+    test_data = (torch.rand(1, 4),)
+    compile_spec = common.get_tosa_compile_spec("TOSA-1.0+INT")
+
+    quantizer = TOSAQuantizer(compile_spec, use_composable_quantizer=True)
+    quantizer.set_global(get_symmetric_quantization_config())
+    quantizer.set_io(get_uint8_io_quantization_config())
+
+    exported = torch.export.export(model, test_data, strict=True)
+    prepared = prepare_pt2e(exported.module(), quantizer)
+
+    clone_nodes = [
+        n
+        for n in prepared.graph.nodes
+        if n.op == "call_function" and n.target == torch.ops.aten.clone.default
+    ]
+    assert len(clone_nodes) == 1, f"Expected 1 clone node, got {len(clone_nodes)}"
+    clone_node = clone_nodes[0]
+
+    assert (
+        Q_ANNOTATION_KEY in clone_node.meta
+    ), "clone node was not annotated — IO-boundary cluster stayed in float"
+    assert (
+        clone_node.meta[Q_ANNOTATION_KEY].output_qspec is not None
+    ), "clone node has no output_qspec — IO-boundary cluster stayed in float"