diff --git a/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c b/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
index fbd6605802..6c6e3e1072 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/baseband/acc100/rte_acc100_pmd.c
@@ -2225,7 +2225,8 @@ acc100_dma_enqueue(struct acc100_queue *q, uint16_t n,
 
 }
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
+
 /* Validates turbo encoder parameters */
 static inline int
 validate_enc_op(struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
@@ -2482,10 +2483,10 @@ enqueue_enc_one_op_cb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op,
 		seg_total_left;
 	struct rte_mbuf *input, *output_head, *output;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2536,10 +2537,10 @@ enqueue_ldpc_enc_n_op_cb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op **ops,
 	uint16_t  in_length_in_bytes;
 	struct rte_bbdev_op_ldpc_enc *enc = &ops[0]->ldpc_enc;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(ops[0], q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2598,10 +2599,10 @@ enqueue_ldpc_enc_one_op_cb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op,
 		seg_total_left;
 	struct rte_mbuf *input, *output_head, *output;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
 	/* Validate op structure */
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	if (validate_ldpc_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC encoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2655,10 +2656,10 @@ enqueue_enc_one_op_tb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op,
 	struct rte_mbuf *input, *output_head, *output;
 	uint16_t current_enqueued_cbs = 0;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_enc_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo encoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2727,7 +2728,7 @@ enqueue_enc_one_op_tb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_enc_op *op,
 	return current_enqueued_cbs;
 }
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 /* Validates turbo decoder parameters */
 static inline int
 validate_dec_op(struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op, struct acc100_queue *q)
@@ -2878,10 +2879,10 @@ enqueue_dec_one_op_cb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op,
 	struct rte_mbuf *input, *h_output_head, *h_output,
 		*s_output_head, *s_output;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -3102,10 +3103,10 @@ enqueue_ldpc_dec_one_op_cb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -3207,10 +3208,10 @@ enqueue_ldpc_dec_one_op_tb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op,
 	struct rte_mbuf *input, *h_output_head, *h_output;
 	uint16_t current_enqueued_cbs = 0;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_ldpc_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "LDPC decoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -3300,10 +3301,10 @@ enqueue_dec_one_op_tb(struct acc100_queue *q, struct rte_bbdev_dec_op *op,
 		*s_output_head, *s_output;
 	uint16_t current_enqueued_cbs = 0;
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_DEBUG
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV_SKIP_VALIDATE
 	/* Validate op structure */
 	if (validate_dec_op(op, q) == -1) {
-		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation failed");
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Turbo decoder validation rejected");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
