diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
index a95abf1..9482136 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,23 @@
 {
     ValidateNumInputs(workloadInfo, "NormalizationQueueDescriptor", 1);
     ValidateNumOutputs(workloadInfo, "NormalizationQueueDescriptor", 1);
+
+    // Check the supported data types
+    std::vector<DataType> supportedTypes =
+    {
+        DataType::Float16,
+        DataType::Float32,
+        DataType::QuantisedAsymm8
+    };
+
+    ValidateDataTypes(workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0],
+                      supportedTypes,
+                      "NormalizationQueueDescriptor");
+
+    ValidateDataTypes(workloadInfo.m_OutputTensorInfos[0],
+                      { workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0].GetDataType() },
+                      "NormalizationQueueDescriptor");
+
     ValidateTensorShapesMatch(workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0],
                               workloadInfo.m_OutputTensorInfos[0],
                               "NormalizationQueueDescriptor",
diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/WorkloadDataValidation.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/WorkloadDataValidation.cpp
index a2e049d..7c7af2d 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/WorkloadDataValidation.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/WorkloadDataValidation.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
     invalidData.m_Parameters.m_K               = kappa;
 
     //Invalid argument exception is expected, because input height != output height.
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(RefNormalizationFloat32Workload(invalidData, invalidInfo), armnn::InvalidArgumentException);
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(RefNormalizationWorkload(invalidData, invalidInfo), armnn::InvalidArgumentException);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SplitterQueueDescriptor_Validate_WrongWindow)