diff --git a/compiler/luci/import/src/Nodes/CircleTransposeConv.cpp b/compiler/luci/import/src/Nodes/CircleTransposeConv.cpp
index 7bdf46daa87..eb0956c4f8e 100644
--- a/compiler/luci/import/src/Nodes/CircleTransposeConv.cpp
+++ b/compiler/luci/import/src/Nodes/CircleTransposeConv.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ bool CircleTransposeConvGraphBuilder::validate(const ValidateArgs &args) const
   if (args.op.inputs.size() != 3)
     return false;
 
+  const auto &inputs = args.op.inputs;
+  const auto &tensors = args.reader.tensors();
+  const auto &filter_tensor = tensors.at(inputs[1]);
+  const auto &filter_shape = filter_tensor.get()->shape;
+  const auto &ifm_tensor = tensors.at(inputs[2]);
+  const auto &ifm_shape = ifm_tensor.get()->shape;
+
+  // ifm and filters must be 4-D tensor
+  if (ifm_shape.size() != 4)
+    return false;
+  if (filter_shape.size() != 4)
+    return false;
+
+  // input shape : [batch, height, width, in_channels]
+  // filters shape : [output_channels, height, weight, in_channels]
+  if (ifm_tensor.get()->shape.at(3) != filter_tensor.get()->shape.at(3))
+    return false;
+
   return true;
 }