diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/graph_optimizer/reorder_inputs.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/graph_optimizer/reorder_inputs.cpp
index 1ef86de90ea1ff..dfe6876686e7c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/graph_optimizer/reorder_inputs.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/graph_optimizer/reorder_inputs.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "to_string_utils.h"
 #include "pooling_inst.h"
 #include "fully_connected_inst.h"
+#include "loop_inst.h"
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_ONEDNN_FOR_GPU
 #include "gemm_inst.h"
@@ -444,6 +445,15 @@ void insert_reorders_in_dir(program& p, const std::map<program_node*, format::ty
             in_layout.format == format::custom || out_layout.format == format::custom)
             continue;
 
+        if (((reinterpret_cast<program_node*>(get_node(next))->is_type<loop>() && dir == direction_e::forwards)
+                || (node->is_type<loop>() && dir == direction_e::backwards))
+                && in_layout.get_rank() != out_layout.get_rank()) {
+            // Don't add reorder if the ranks of prev and node are different.
+            // issue case 1)  scatter_nd_update(bfyx:2x100x4) -> reorder(bfzyx:2x100x4) -> loop(bfzyx:2x100x1x1x360)
+            //                                                   >> added reorder has abnormal format.
+            continue;
+        }
+
         auto reorder_pair = rf.get_reorder(predecessor->id(),
                                            port_idx,
                                            in_layout,
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/layout_optimizer.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/layout_optimizer.cpp
index 4a4838435b85a3..400c5149f8e6f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/layout_optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/layout_optimizer.cpp
@@ -1322,6 +1322,8 @@ format layout_optimizer::get_preferred_format(program_node& node) {
         node.set_preferred_input_fmt(0, format::get_default_format(node.as<gather>().get_primitive()->input_rank));
     } else if (node.is_type<loop>()) {
         expected = format::get_default_format(node.get_output_layout().get_rank());
+    } else if (node.is_type<scatter_nd_update>()) {
+        expected = format::get_default_format(node.get_output_layout().get_rank());
     } else if (node.is_type<dft>()) {
         if (node.as<dft>().get_primitive()->mode == dft_mode::real &&
             node.as<dft>().get_primitive()->direction == dft_direction::forward) {