diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
index 3a1595a..cba3390 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CPP/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/ITensor.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input0, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_CPU_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input0, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_NOT_IN(output, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input0, input1);