diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.cpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.cpp
index e0209c84df8..627cb115955 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.cpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Padding::Padding(const std::vector<PadDimension>& pad_dimensions, PadValue pad_v
 const uint32_t Padding::get_normalized_index(std::int64_t index) const {
     std::int64_t rank = static_cast<std::int64_t>(this->rank_);
     std::uint64_t normalized_index = index >= 0 ? index : rank + index;
-    TT_ASSERT(
+    TT_FATAL(
         normalized_index >= 0 and normalized_index < rank,
         fmt::format(
             "Index is out of bounds for the rank, should be between 0 and {} however is {}",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const Shape Shape::without_padding() const {
 const uint32_t Shape::get_normalized_index(std::int64_t index) const {
     std::int64_t rank = static_cast<std::int64_t>(this->rank_);
     std::uint64_t normalized_index = index >= 0 ? index : rank + index;
-    TT_ASSERT(
+    TT_FATAL(
         normalized_index >= 0 and normalized_index < rank,
         fmt::format(
             "Index is out of bounds for the rank, should be between 0 and {} however is {}",