diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
index f23ecf3..1a6dc14 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionOutputStageKernel.cpp
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerOutputStageKernel.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/AccessWindowStatic.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Error.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 #include <cstddef>
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::S32, DataType::F16,
                                                          DataType::F32);
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(bias);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(bias, 1, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
 
         if(is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(input->data_type()))