1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/armnn/layers/SliceLayer.cpp b/src/armnn/layers/SliceLayer.cpp
index a9327c6111..428e672adb 100644
--- a/src/armnn/layers/SliceLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/armnn/layers/SliceLayer.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright © 2019-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2019-2024 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ void SliceLayer::ValidateTensorShapesFromInputs()
 
     auto inferredShapes = InferOutputShapes({ GetInputSlot(0).GetTensorInfo().GetShape() });
 
-    ARMNN_ASSERT(inferredShapes.size() == 1);
+    if (inferredShapes.size() != 1)
+    {
+        throw armnn::LayerValidationException("inferredShapes has "
+                                              + std::to_string(inferredShapes.size()) +
+                                              " elements - should only have 1.");
+    }
 
     ValidateAndCopyShape(outputShape, inferredShapes[0], m_ShapeInferenceMethod, "SliceLayer");
 }
@@ -52,7 +57,12 @@ void SliceLayer::ValidateTensorShapesFromInputs()
 std::vector<TensorShape> SliceLayer::InferOutputShapes(const std::vector<TensorShape>& inputShapes) const
 {
     IgnoreUnused(inputShapes);
-    ARMNN_ASSERT(inputShapes.size() == 1);
+
+    if (inputShapes.size() != 1)
+    {
+        throw armnn::Exception("inputShapes' size is \"" + std::to_string(inputShapes.size()) +
+                               "\" - should be \"1\".");
+    }
 
     TensorShape outputShape(armnn::numeric_cast<unsigned int>(m_Param.m_Size.size()), m_Param.m_Size.data());