diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/MakeWorkloadHelper.hpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/MakeWorkloadHelper.hpp
index 9cd8774..71358bb 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/MakeWorkloadHelper.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/MakeWorkloadHelper.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
             return MakeWorkloadForType<Int32Workload>::Func(descriptor, info, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
         case DataType::Boolean:
             return MakeWorkloadForType<BooleanWorkload>::Func(descriptor, info, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        case DataType::QuantisedSymm16:
+            return nullptr;
         default:
             BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(false, "Unknown DataType.");
             return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadFactory.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadFactory.cpp
index 1aca6bf..3502c38 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadFactory.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
                         break;
                     }
                     case DataType::QuantisedAsymm8:
+                    case DataType::QuantisedSymm16:
                     {
                         biasInfoPtr = &dummyQA8Bias;
                         break;