diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.cpp
index a765535..84cb223 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 #include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.h"
 
+#include "arm_compute/core/CPP/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Coordinates.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/IAccessWindow.h"
@@ -915,6 +916,7 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(op);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_CPU_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(axis >= TensorShape::num_max_dimensions, "Reduction axis greater than max number of dimensions");