diff --git a/inference-engine/src/transformations/src/transformations/softplus_decomposition.cpp b/inference-engine/src/transformations/src/transformations/softplus_decomposition.cpp
index bfac0afa1e4..010ae8b3f3d 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/transformations/src/transformations/softplus_decomposition.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/transformations/src/transformations/softplus_decomposition.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ngraph::pass::SoftPlusDecomposition::SoftPlusDecomposition() {
 
         auto exp = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Exp>(softplus_input);
         auto add = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Add>(exp,
-            opset4::Constant::create(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{1}, {1.0}));
+            opset4::Constant::create(softplus_input.get_element_type(), ngraph::Shape{1}, {1.0}));
         auto log = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Log>(add);
 
         log->set_friendly_name(softplus_node->get_friendly_name());
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/inference_engine/transformations/softplus_decomposition_test.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/inference_engine/transformations/softplus_decomposition_test.cpp
index ad661918f92..952a50fb652 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/functional/inference_engine/transformations/softplus_decomposition_test.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/inference_engine/transformations/softplus_decomposition_test.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 using namespace testing;
 
-TEST(TransformationTests, SoftPlusDecomposition) {
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> f(nullptr), f_ref(nullptr);
+TEST(TransformationTests, SoftPlusDecompositionFP32) {
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> f, f_ref;
     {
         auto data = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Parameter>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{3, 1, 2});
         auto softplus = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::SoftPlus>(data);
@@ -46,3 +46,32 @@ TEST(TransformationTests, SoftPlusDecomposition) {
     auto res = compare_functions(f, f_ref);
     ASSERT_TRUE(res.first) << res.second;
 }
+
+TEST(TransformationTests, SoftPlusDecompositionFP16) {
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> f, f_ref;
+    {
+        auto data = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Parameter>(ngraph::element::f16, ngraph::Shape{3, 1, 2});
+        auto softplus = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::SoftPlus>(data);
+
+        f = std::make_shared<ngraph::Function>(ngraph::NodeVector{softplus}, ngraph::ParameterVector{data});
+
+        ngraph::pass::Manager manager;
+        manager.register_pass<ngraph::pass::InitNodeInfo>();
+        manager.register_pass<ngraph::pass::SoftPlusDecomposition>();
+        manager.run_passes(f);
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(check_rt_info(f));
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto input = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Parameter>(ngraph::element::f16, ngraph::Shape{3, 1, 2});
+        auto exp = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Exp>(input);
+        auto add = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Add>(exp,
+            ngraph::opset4::Constant::create(ngraph::element::f16, ngraph::Shape{1}, {1.0}));
+        auto log = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Log>(add);
+
+        f_ref = std::make_shared<ngraph::Function>(ngraph::NodeVector{log}, ngraph::ParameterVector{input});
+    }
+
+    auto res = compare_functions(f, f_ref);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(res.first) << res.second;
+}
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