diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e597ccd..0000000
--- a/tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2020 ARM Limited.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
- * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
- * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
- * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#include "LayerNormalizationLayer.h"
-#include "ArithmeticOperations.h"
-#include "MeanStdDevNormalizationLayer.h"
-#include "PixelWiseMultiplication.h"
-
-namespace arm_compute
-{
-namespace test
-{
-namespace validation
-{
-namespace reference
-{
-SimpleTensor<float> layer_normalization_layer_float(SimpleTensor<float> src, SimpleTensor<float> weight, SimpleTensor<float> bias)
-{
-    src = mean_std_normalization_layer(src);
-    src = pixel_wise_multiplication(src, weight, 1, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE, RoundingPolicy::TO_ZERO);
-    return arithmetic_operation(ArithmeticOperation::ADD, src, bias, DataType::F32, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE);
-}
-
-SimpleTensor<int16_t> layer_normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &weight, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &bias)
-{
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(src.shape().num_dimensions() > 2);
-
-    SimpleTensor<float> converted_src    = convert_from_symmetric(src);
-    SimpleTensor<float> converted_weight = convert_from_symmetric(weight);
-    SimpleTensor<float> converted_bias   = convert_from_symmetric(bias);
-
-    SimpleTensor<float> output = layer_normalization_layer_float(converted_src, converted_weight, converted_bias);
-
-    return convert_to_symmetric<int16_t>(output, src.quantization_info());
-}
-} // namespace reference
-} // namespace validation
-} // namespace test
-} // namespace arm_compute
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6764a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "QLSTMLayerNormalization.h"
+#include "ArithmeticOperations.h"
+#include "MeanStdDevNormalizationLayer.h"
+#include "PixelWiseMultiplication.h"
+#include "src/core/utils/quantization/AsymmHelpers.cpp"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+namespace reference
+{
+SimpleTensor<float> qlstm_layer_normalization_float_compute(SimpleTensor<float> src, SimpleTensor<float> weight, SimpleTensor<float> bias)
+{
+    SimpleTensor<float> output = mean_std_normalization_layer(src);
+    output                     = pixel_wise_multiplication(output, weight, 1, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE, RoundingPolicy::TO_ZERO);
+    return arithmetic_operation(ArithmeticOperation::ADD, output, bias, DataType::F32, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE);
+}
+
+SimpleTensor<int16_t> qlstm_layer_normalization(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &weight, const SimpleTensor<int32_t> &bias)
+{
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(src.shape().num_dimensions() > 2);
+
+    SimpleTensor<float> converted_src{ src.shape(), DataType::F32 };
+    SimpleTensor<float> converted_weight{ weight.shape(), DataType::F32 };
+    SimpleTensor<float> converted_bias{ bias.shape(), DataType::F32 };
+
+    const auto iq_info = src.quantization_info().uniform();
+    int        output_multiplier{};
+    int        output_shift{};
+    quantization::calculate_quantized_multiplier(iq_info.scale, &output_multiplier, &output_shift);
+
+    const float layer_norm_scale = output_multiplier * std::pow(2, static_cast<double>(output_shift - 31));
+    const float bias_scale       = std::pow(2., -10) * layer_norm_scale;
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < src.num_elements(); i++)
+    {
+        converted_src[i] = static_cast<float>(src[i]);
+    }
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < bias.num_elements(); i++)
+    {
+        converted_bias[i] = static_cast<float>(bias[i]) * bias_scale;
+    }
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < weight.num_elements(); i++)
+    {
+        converted_weight[i] = weight[i] * layer_norm_scale;
+    }
+
+    SimpleTensor<float>   output_float = qlstm_layer_normalization_float_compute(converted_src, converted_weight, converted_bias);
+    SimpleTensor<int16_t> output{ output_float.shape(), DataType::QSYMM16 };
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < output.num_elements(); i++)
+    {
+        const auto output_val_s32 = static_cast<int32_t>(std::round(output_float[i] * std::pow(2, 12)));
+        output[i]                 = utility::clamp<int32_t, int16_t>(output_val_s32, std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min());
+    }
+
+    return output;
+}
+} // namespace reference
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.h b/tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.h
similarity index 84%
rename from tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.h
rename to tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.h
index 5b1d08c..c35aa2a 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/LayerNormalizationLayer.h
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/QLSTMLayerNormalization.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-#ifndef ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_LAYER_H
-#define ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_LAYER_H
+#ifndef ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_QLSTM_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_H
+#define ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_QLSTM_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_H
 
 #include "tests/SimpleTensor.h"
 #include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 {
 namespace reference
 {
-SimpleTensor<int16_t> layer_normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &weight, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &bias);
+SimpleTensor<int16_t> qlstm_layer_normalization(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &weight, const SimpleTensor<int32_t> &bias);
 } // namespace reference
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test
 } // namespace arm_compute
 
-#endif /* ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_LAYER_H */
+#endif /* ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_QLSTM_LAYER_NORMALIZATION_H */