diff --git a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/backend/gna_limitations.hpp b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/backend/gna_limitations.hpp
index 59dd0478cfa900..114ee45e6fd882 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/backend/gna_limitations.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/backend/gna_limitations.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ constexpr uint32_t noOfInputsLowPrecDivisor = 16;
 
 constexpr uint32_t affineMaxBatchSize = 8;
 
+inline bool IsTransposeSupported(const std::vector<size_t>& shape) {
+    auto shape_no_1 = shape;
+    shape_no_1.erase(std::remove(shape_no_1.begin(), shape_no_1.end(), 1), shape_no_1.end());
+    if (shape_no_1.size() != 2) return false;
+    size_t min, max;
+    std::tie(min, max) = std::minmax(shape_no_1[0], shape_no_1[1]);
+    return min <= 8 && max % 8 == 0;
+}
+
 namespace Cnn2D {
 struct RangeLimit {
     uint32_t min;
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/transformations/handle_transposes_around_matmul.cpp b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/transformations/handle_transposes_around_matmul.cpp
index 6b0cad24ec2e31..bf424ac7aa9e4d 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/transformations/handle_transposes_around_matmul.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/transformations/handle_transposes_around_matmul.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <ngraph/rt_info.hpp>
 
 #include "gna_plugin_log.hpp"
+#include "backend/gna_limitations.hpp"
 
 using namespace GNAPluginNS;
 
@@ -58,15 +59,6 @@ static void InsertTranspose(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> prev_node, const std::
     }
 }
 
-static bool IsTransposeSupported(const ngraph::Shape& shape) {
-    auto shape_no_1 = shape;
-    shape_no_1.erase(std::remove(shape_no_1.begin(), shape_no_1.end(), 1), shape_no_1.end());
-    if (shape_no_1.size() != 2) return false;
-    size_t min, max;
-    std::tie(min, max) = std::minmax(shape_no_1[0], shape_no_1[1]);
-    return min <= 8 && max % 8 == 0;
-}
-
 HandleTransposeBeforeMatMul::HandleTransposeBeforeMatMul() {
     auto reshape = ngraph::pattern::wrap_type<ngraph::opset7::Reshape>({ngraph::pattern::any_input(),
         ngraph::pattern::any_input()}, VerifyReshape());
@@ -84,7 +76,7 @@ HandleTransposeBeforeMatMul::HandleTransposeBeforeMatMul() {
             ReplaceTransposeWithReshape(transpose_it->second.get_node_shared_ptr());
         } else {
             auto reshape_node = pattern_map.at(reshape).get_node_shared_ptr();
-            if (!IsTransposeSupported(reshape_node->get_output_shape(0))) return false;
+            if (!GNALimitations::IsTransposeSupported(reshape_node->get_output_shape(0))) return false;
             auto matmul_it = pattern_map.find(matmul1);
             auto matmul_out = matmul_it != std::end(pattern_map) ? matmul_it->second : pattern_map.at(matmul2);
             InsertTranspose(reshape_node, matmul_out.get_node_shared_ptr()->get_friendly_name());
@@ -113,7 +105,7 @@ HandleTransposeAfterMatMul::HandleTransposeAfterMatMul() {
             ReplaceTransposeWithReshape(transpose_it->second.get_node_shared_ptr());
         } else {
             auto reshape_node = pattern_map.at(reshape).get_node_shared_ptr();
-            if (!IsTransposeSupported(reshape_node->get_input_shape(0))) return false;
+            if (!GNALimitations::IsTransposeSupported(reshape_node->get_input_shape(0))) return false;
             auto matmul_node = pattern_map.at(matmul).get_node_shared_ptr();
             InsertTranspose(matmul_node, matmul_node->get_friendly_name());
         }