diff --git a/neuralnetworks/1.2/vts/functional/ValidateModel.cpp b/neuralnetworks/1.2/vts/functional/ValidateModel.cpp
index dc452e93a2..acf3cb6547 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/1.2/vts/functional/ValidateModel.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/1.2/vts/functional/ValidateModel.cpp
@@ -508,14 +508,15 @@ static bool removeOperandSkip(size_t operand, const Model& model) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        // BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_RNN can have either on or two outputs
-        // depending on a mergeOutputs parameter
-        if (operation.type == OperationType::BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_RNN) {
-            for (const size_t outOprand : operation.outputs) {
-                if (operand == outOprand) {
-                    return true;
-                }
+        // BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_LSTM and BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_RNN can have
+        // either one or two outputs depending on their mergeOutputs parameter.
+        if (operation.type == OperationType::BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_LSTM ||
+            operation.type == OperationType::BIDIRECTIONAL_SEQUENCE_RNN) {
+          for (const size_t outOprand : operation.outputs) {
+            if (operand == outOprand) {
+              return true;
             }
+          }
         }
     }
     return false;