diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
index b137184..0f7003a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -106,13 +106,12 @@
 
     if(output != nullptr)
     {
-        ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input->info(), output->info());
         // Output auto inizialitation if not yet initialized
         auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(),
                            *input->info()->clone());
     }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLActivationLayerKernel::validate(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr, act_info));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr, act_info));
 
     const unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16 / input->info()->element_size();
     const DataType     dt                                = input->info()->data_type();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
index 831389e..e846a2b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticAdditionKernel.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLArithmeticAdditionKernel::validate(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(), policy));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(), policy));
 
     _input1 = input1;
     _input2 = input2;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
index 5603451..5cadd2a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLArithmeticSubtractionKernel::validate(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(), policy));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(), policy));
 
     _input1 = input1;
     _input2 = input2;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 7426cad..62a203c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
 
 std::pair<Error, Window> validate_and_configure_window(ITensorInfo *input, ITensorInfo *output)
 {
+    if(output != nullptr)
+    {
+        // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
+        auto_init_if_empty(*output, *input->clone());
+    }
+
     const unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16 / input->element_size();
 
     // Configure kernel window
@@ -108,11 +114,11 @@
     {
         ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input->info(), output->info());
         // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
-        auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), input->info()->tensor_shape(), 1, input->info()->data_type(), input->info()->fixed_point_position());
+        auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), *input->info()->clone());
     }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel::validate(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr,
-                                                                         mean->info(), var->info(), beta->info(), gamma->info(), epsilon));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr,
+                                                  mean->info(), var->info(), beta->info(), gamma->info(), epsilon));
 
     const unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16 / input->info()->element_size();
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index c46b598..25c5a7d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 
 std::pair<Error, Window> validate_and_configure_window(ITensorInfo *input, ITensorInfo *output, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info)
 {
+    // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
+    auto_init_if_empty(*output, *input->clone());
+
     const unsigned int norm_size = norm_info.norm_size();
     bool               is_in_map = norm_info.is_in_map();
 
@@ -103,10 +106,10 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
-    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), input->info()->tensor_shape(), 1, input->info()->data_type(), input->info()->fixed_point_position());
+    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), *input->info()->clone());
 
     // Perform validation step
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLNormalizationLayerKernel::validate(input->info(), output->info(), norm_info));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), norm_info));
 
     _input  = input;
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
index a466fa4..9e89e1c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel::validate(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(),
-                                                                         scale, overflow_policy, rounding_policy));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(),
+                                                  scale, overflow_policy, rounding_policy));
 
     _input1 = input1;
     _input2 = input2;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
index 9db5c48..7fd2689 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
     auto_init(input->info(), output->info(), pooled_w, pooled_h);
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLPoolingLayerKernel::validate(input->info(), output->info(), pool_info));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), pool_info));
 
     // Set instance variables
     _input     = input;