diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gna/gna_plugin_internal.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_gna/gna_plugin_internal.hpp
index b3c48c82d8a6b3..d70c390b9a10b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_gna/gna_plugin_internal.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gna/gna_plugin_internal.hpp
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ class GNAPluginInternal  : public InferenceEngine::IInferencePlugin {
         updated_config.UpdateFromMap(config);
         auto plg = std::make_shared<GNAPlugin>(updated_config.keyConfigMap);
         plgPtr = plg;
+        auto network_impl = std::make_shared<GNAExecutableNetwork>(modelFileName, plg);
+        // set pointer for IInferencePlugin interface
+        network_impl->SetPointerToPlugin(shared_from_this());
 
-        return std::make_shared<GNAExecutableNetwork>(modelFileName, plg);
+        return network_impl;
     }
 
     InferenceEngine::IExecutableNetworkInternal::Ptr ImportNetwork(std::istream& networkModel,
@@ -66,7 +69,11 @@ class GNAPluginInternal  : public InferenceEngine::IInferencePlugin {
         updated_config.UpdateFromMap(config);
         auto plg = std::make_shared<GNAPlugin>(updated_config.keyConfigMap);
         plgPtr = plg;
-        return std::make_shared<GNAExecutableNetwork>(networkModel, plg);
+        auto network_impl = std::make_shared<GNAExecutableNetwork>(networkModel, plg);
+        // set pointer for IInferencePlugin interface
+        network_impl->SetPointerToPlugin(shared_from_this());
+
+        return network_impl;
     }
 
     std::string GetName() const noexcept override {
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/gna/shared_tests_instances/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/gna/shared_tests_instances/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..38881f03ebc661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/gna/shared_tests_instances/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#include "behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.hpp"
+
+using namespace ov::test::behavior;
+namespace {
+
+    INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_BehaviorTests, OVHoldersTest,
+            ::testing::Values(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GNA),
+            OVHoldersTest::getTestCaseName);
+
+    INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_BehaviorTests, OVHoldersTestOnImportedNetwork,
+            ::testing::Values(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GNA),
+            OVHoldersTestOnImportedNetwork::getTestCaseName);
+
+}  // namespace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp
index b7e67945eb4a85..a6c5970c982cae 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/life_time.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ void OVHoldersTestOnImportedNetwork::TearDown() {
     ::testing::GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) = deathTestStyle;
 }
 
+TEST_P(OVHoldersTestOnImportedNetwork, LoadedTensor) {
+    ov::Core core = createCoreWithTemplate();
+    std::stringstream stream;
+    {
+        auto compiled_model = core.compile_model(function, targetDevice);
+        compiled_model.export_model(stream);
+    }
+    auto compiled_model = core.import_model(stream, targetDevice);
+    auto request = compiled_model.create_infer_request();
+    ov::Tensor tensor = request.get_input_tensor();
+}
+
 TEST_P(OVHoldersTestOnImportedNetwork, CreateRequestWithCoreRemoved) {
     ov::Core core = createCoreWithTemplate();
     std::stringstream stream;