diff --git a/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_fullyconnected_node.cpp b/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_fullyconnected_node.cpp
index 66e6877034f..6226ef03bfb 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_fullyconnected_node.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/mkldnn_plugin/nodes/mkldnn_fullyconnected_node.cpp
@@ -296,13 +296,16 @@ void MKLDNNFullyConnectedNode::createDescriptorInternal(const mkldnn::memory::de
 
     if (in_candidate.dims().size() == 3) {
         auto inDims = in_candidate.dims();
-        auto outDims = out_candidate.dims();
         auto normalizedInDims = {inDims[0] * inDims[1], inDims[2]};
-        auto normalizedOutDims = {outDims[0] * outDims[1], outDims[2]};
         in_candidate = mkldnn::memory::desc(normalizedInDims, in_candidate.data_type(),
                                          MKLDNNExtensionUtils::GetPlainFormatByRank(normalizedInDims.size()));
+    }
+
+    if (out_candidate.dims().size() == 3) {
+        auto outDims = out_candidate.dims();
+        auto normalizedOutDims = { outDims[0] * outDims[1], outDims[2] };
         out_candidate = mkldnn::memory::desc(normalizedOutDims, out_candidate.data_type(),
-                                             MKLDNNExtensionUtils::GetPlainFormatByRank(normalizedOutDims.size()));
+                                         MKLDNNExtensionUtils::GetPlainFormatByRank(normalizedOutDims.size()));
     }
 
     mkldnn::memory::desc wgh_candidate(MKLDNNExtensionUtils::convertToDnnlDims(weightsDims), wdt, mkldnn::memory::format_tag::any);
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/single_layer_tests/mat_mul.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/single_layer_tests/mat_mul.cpp
index 8b87079f3b2..0eccdbdce1c 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/single_layer_tests/mat_mul.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/single_layer_tests/mat_mul.cpp
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ const std::vector<ShapeRelatedParams> IS3D = {
     {{{7, 32, 120}, true}, {{120, 50}, false}},
     {{{7, 32, 120}, false}, {{120, 50}, true}},
     {{{7, 32, 120}, true}, {{120, 50}, true}},
+
+    {{{1, 429}, false}, {{1, 429, 1}, true}},
 };
 
 std::vector<fusingSpecificParams> fusingParamsSet3D {