diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/api_validator/api_validator.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/api_validator/api_validator.cmake
index fe3683ca9af..49d51986fab 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/api_validator/api_validator.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/api_validator/api_validator.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function(_ie_add_api_validator_post_build_step_recursive)
         NOT ${API_VALIDATOR_TARGET} IN_LIST API_VALIDATOR_TARGETS)
         list(APPEND API_VALIDATOR_TARGETS ${API_VALIDATOR_TARGET})
     endif()
+    # keep checks target list to track cyclic dependencies, leading to infinite recursion
+    list(APPEND checked_targets ${API_VALIDATOR_TARGET})
 
     if(NOT LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
         get_target_property(LINKED_LIBRARIES ${API_VALIDATOR_TARGET} LINK_LIBRARIES)
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ function(_ie_add_api_validator_post_build_step_recursive)
     foreach(library IN LISTS LINKED_LIBRARIES INTERFACE_LINKED_LIBRARIES)
         if(TARGET "${library}")
             get_target_property(orig_library ${library} ALIASED_TARGET)
+            if(orig_library IN_LIST checked_targets OR library IN_LIST checked_targets)
+                # in case of cyclic dependencies, we need to skip current target
+                continue()
+            endif()
             if(TARGET "${orig_library}")
                 _ie_add_api_validator_post_build_step_recursive(TARGET ${orig_library})
             else()