diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/auto_batching/auto_batching_tests.hpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/auto_batching/auto_batching_tests.hpp
index d1e25bde4ca..9c917bd180c 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/auto_batching/auto_batching_tests.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/auto_batching/auto_batching_tests.hpp
@@ -65,14 +65,16 @@ TEST_P(AutoBatching_Test, compareAutoBatchingToBatch1) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < nets.size(); ++i) {
         auto net = nets[i];
 
-        net.getInputsInfo().begin()->second->setLayout(Layout::NCHW);
-        net.getInputsInfo().begin()->second->setPrecision(Precision::FP32);
+        // we test single inputs networks only
+        auto inp = net.getInputsInfo().begin()->second;
+        inp->setLayout(Layout::NCHW);
+        inp->setPrecision(Precision::FP32);
         std::map<std::string, std::string> config;
         if (device_name.find("GPU") != std::string::npos)
             config[CONFIG_KEY(GPU_THROUGHPUT_STREAMS)] = std::to_string(num_streams);
         if (device_name.find("CPU") != std::string::npos)
             config[CONFIG_KEY(CPU_THROUGHPUT_STREAMS)] = std::to_string(num_streams);
-        auto exec_net_ref = ie.LoadNetwork(net, std::string("BATCH:") +
+        auto exec_net_ref = ie.LoadNetwork(net, std::string(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_BATCH) +
                                                    device_name + "(" + std::to_string(num_batch) + ")",
                                                    config);
 
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/test_constants.hpp b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/test_constants.hpp
index 7d8087fb925..158352a72b4 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/test_constants.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/test_constants.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const char DEVICE_AUTO[] = "AUTO";
 const char DEVICE_CPU[] = "CPU";
 const char DEVICE_GNA[] = "GNA";
 const char DEVICE_GPU[] = "GPU";
+const char DEVICE_BATCH[] = "BATCH";
 const char DEVICE_HDDL[] = "HDDL";
 const char DEVICE_MYRIAD[] = "MYRIAD";
 const char DEVICE_KEEMBAY[] = "VPUX";