diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/NormalizePlanarYUVLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/NormalizePlanarYUVLayer.cpp
index cdccaf4..563e2a7 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/NormalizePlanarYUVLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/NormalizePlanarYUVLayer.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+template <>
+SimpleTensor<uint8_t> normalize_planar_yuv_layer<uint8_t>(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &mean, const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &std)
+{
+    SimpleTensor<float>   src_tmp  = convert_from_asymmetric(src);
+    SimpleTensor<float>   mean_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(mean);
+    SimpleTensor<float>   std_tmp  = convert_from_asymmetric(std);
+    SimpleTensor<float>   dst_tmp  = normalize_planar_yuv_layer<float>(src_tmp, mean_tmp, std_tmp);
+    SimpleTensor<uint8_t> dst      = convert_to_asymmetric(dst_tmp, src.quantization_info());
+    return dst;
+}
+
 template SimpleTensor<half> normalize_planar_yuv_layer(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, const SimpleTensor<half> &mean, const SimpleTensor<half> &std);
 template SimpleTensor<float> normalize_planar_yuv_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, const SimpleTensor<float> &mean, const SimpleTensor<float> &std);
 } // namespace reference