diff --git a/src/graph/nodes/SplitLayerNode.cpp b/src/graph/nodes/SplitLayerNode.cpp
index c8fb43c..5d46c9d 100644
--- a/src/graph/nodes/SplitLayerNode.cpp
+++ b/src/graph/nodes/SplitLayerNode.cpp
@@ -48,26 +48,25 @@
     return _axis;
 }
 
-std::pair<TensorShape, Coordinates> SplitLayerNode::compute_output_shape(TensorShape input_shape, unsigned int num_splits, unsigned int axis, unsigned int idx)
+std::pair<TensorDescriptor, Coordinates> SplitLayerNode::compute_output_descriptor(const TensorDescriptor &input_descriptor,
+                                                                                   unsigned int num_splits, unsigned int axis, unsigned int idx)
 {
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(axis >= input_shape.num_dimensions());
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG(input_shape[axis] % num_splits, "Split should be exact");
+    const unsigned int split_size = input_descriptor.shape[axis] / num_splits;
 
-    const unsigned int split_size = input_shape[axis] / num_splits;
-
-    TensorShape output_shape = input_shape;
-    output_shape.set(axis, split_size);
+    TensorDescriptor output_descriptor = input_descriptor;
+    output_descriptor.shape.set(axis, split_size);
 
     Coordinates coords;
     coords.set(axis, idx * split_size);
 
-    return std::make_pair(output_shape, coords);
+    return std::make_pair(output_descriptor, coords);
 }
 
 bool SplitLayerNode::forward_descriptors()
 {
     if(input_id(0) != NullTensorID)
     {
+        validate();
         for(unsigned int i = 0; i < _outputs.size(); ++i)
         {
             if(output_id(i) != NullTensorID)
@@ -90,17 +89,19 @@
     const Tensor *src = input(0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(src == nullptr);
 
-    TensorShape output_shape;
-
-    TensorDescriptor output_info = src->desc();
-    std::tie(output_shape, std::ignore) = compute_output_shape(src->desc().shape, _num_splits, _axis, idx);
-    output_info.shape = output_shape;
+    TensorDescriptor output_info;
+    std::tie(output_info, std::ignore) = compute_output_descriptor(src->desc(), _num_splits, _axis, idx);
 
     return output_info;
 }
 
-Status SplitLayerNode::validate()
+Status SplitLayerNode::validate() const
 {
+    const Tensor *src = input(0);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(src == nullptr);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(_axis >= src->desc().shape.num_dimensions());
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(src->desc().shape[_axis] % _num_splits, "Split should be exact");
+
     return Status{};
 }