diff --git a/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c b/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
index 41475b2..e3706e0 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,21 @@
 			RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_HALF_ITERATION_EVEN);
 }
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+
+static inline bool
+is_acc100(struct acc100_queue *q)
+{
+	return (q->d->device_variant == ACC100_VARIANT);
+}
+
+static inline bool
+validate_op_required(struct acc100_queue *q)
+{
+	return is_acc100(q);
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Fill in a frame control word for LDPC decoding. */
 static inline void
 acc100_fcw_ld_fill(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op, struct acc100_fcw_ld *fcw,
@@ -2176,8 +2191,10 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 /* Validates turbo encoder parameters */
 static inline int
-validate_enc_op(struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op)
+validate_enc_op(struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
 {
+	if (!validate_op_required(q))
+		return 0;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_turbo_enc *turbo_enc = &op->turbo_enc;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_enc_turbo_cb_params *cb = NULL;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_enc_turbo_tb_params *tb = NULL;
@@ -2314,8 +2331,10 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 }
 /* Validates LDPC encoder parameters */
 static inline int
-validate_ldpc_enc_op(struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op)
+validate_ldpc_enc_op(struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
 {
+	if (!validate_op_required(q))
+		return 0;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_ldpc_enc *ldpc_enc = &op->ldpc_enc;
 
 	if (op->mempool == NULL) {
@@ -2367,8 +2386,10 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 /* Validates LDPC decoder parameters */
 static inline int
-validate_ldpc_dec_op(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op)
+validate_ldpc_dec_op(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
 {
+	if (!validate_op_required(q))
+		return 0;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_ldpc_dec *ldpc_dec = &op->ldpc_dec;
 
 	if (op->mempool == NULL) {
@@ -2423,7 +2444,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_enc_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2477,7 +2498,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(ops[0]) == -1) {
+	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(ops[0], q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2539,7 +2560,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2596,7 +2617,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_enc_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2669,8 +2690,10 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 /* Validates turbo decoder parameters */
 static inline int
-validate_dec_op(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op)
+validate_dec_op(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
 {
+	if (!validate_op_required(q))
+		return 0;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_turbo_dec *turbo_dec = &op->turbo_dec;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_dec_turbo_cb_params *cb = NULL;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_dec_turbo_tb_params *tb = NULL;
@@ -2816,7 +2839,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_dec_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -3041,7 +3064,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -3145,7 +3168,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -3235,7 +3258,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hq_index(uint32_t offset)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
-	if (validate_dec_op(op) == -1) {
+	if (validate_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
 		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation failed");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
