diff --git a/lib/src/phy/ch_estimation/chest_dl.c b/lib/src/phy/ch_estimation/chest_dl.c
index d63933ced..98ff6618c 100644
--- a/lib/src/phy/ch_estimation/chest_dl.c
+++ b/lib/src/phy/ch_estimation/chest_dl.c
@@ -282,10 +282,14 @@ static float estimate_noise_pilots(srslte_chest_dl_t *q, uint32_t port_id, srslt
   
   /* Compute average power. Normalized for filter len 3 using matlab */
   float norm  = 1;
-  if (q->smooth_filter_len == 3) {
-    float a = q->smooth_filter[0];
-    float norm3 = 6.143*a*a+0.04859*a-0.002774;
-    norm /= norm3; 
+  if (q->average_subframe) {
+    norm = 32;
+  } else {
+    if (q->smooth_filter_len == 3) {
+      float a = q->smooth_filter[0];
+      float norm3 = 6.143*a*a+0.04859*a-0.002774;
+      norm /= norm3;
+    }
   }
   float power = norm*q->cell.nof_ports*srslte_vec_avg_power_cf(q->tmp_noise, nref);
   return power;