diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index df2104a..5456876 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLHelpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLKernelLibrary.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/CL/CLValidate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/ICLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/TensorInfo.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Utils.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/Validate.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
 
 using namespace arm_compute;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_F16_UNSUPPORTED(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);