diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index 993b8edc483c662f776876d37f6f6c2696d7159c..7cd3cb7c6a2bcf55416029c59825151f2f13275d 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -589,6 +589,24 @@ def scale(data, param, mean_std_dict, copy=True):
     return data
 
 
+def scale2(data, lo, hi, copy=True):
+    if copy:
+        data = data.copy()
+
+    shape = data.shape
+    data = data.flatten()
+
+    data -= lo
+    data /= (hi - lo)
+
+    not_valid = np.isnan(data)
+    data[not_valid] = 0
+
+    data = np.reshape(data, shape)
+
+    return data
+
+
 def descale(data, param, mean_std_dict, copy=True):
     if copy:
         data = data.copy()