diff --git a/backends/xnnpack/runtime/XNNCompiler.cpp b/backends/xnnpack/runtime/XNNCompiler.cpp
index 0cb5d8e50f2..0494b4969a2 100644
--- a/backends/xnnpack/runtime/XNNCompiler.cpp
+++ b/backends/xnnpack/runtime/XNNCompiler.cpp
@@ -317,13 +317,30 @@ Error defineTensor(
   }
 
   ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
-      tensor_value != nullptr,
-      Internal,
-      "Deserialized Tensor is Null, this should never happen");
+      tensor_value != nullptr, InvalidProgram, "Deserialized tensor is null");
+
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      tensor_value->num_dims() == 0 || tensor_value->dims() != nullptr,
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "Tensor dims is null but num_dims is %u",
+      tensor_value->num_dims());
+
+  if (tensor_value->dims() != nullptr) {
+    ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+        tensor_value->num_dims() == tensor_value->dims()->size(),
+        InvalidProgram,
+        "Tensor num_dims %u does not match dims array size %u",
+        tensor_value->num_dims(),
+        tensor_value->dims()->size());
+  }
 
   // Get tensor dims, here we need to use a vector in order
-  // to properly convert the uint32_t* to size_t*
-  std::vector<size_t> dims_data = flatbufferDimsToVector(tensor_value->dims());
+  // to properly convert the uint32_t* to size_t*. For scalar tensors
+  // (num_dims == 0), dims() is permitted to be null per the check above.
+  std::vector<size_t> dims_data;
+  if (tensor_value->dims() != nullptr) {
+    dims_data = flatbufferDimsToVector(tensor_value->dims());
+  }
 
   // XNNPACK Id
   uint32_t id = XNN_INVALID_VALUE_ID;
@@ -1052,6 +1069,10 @@ Error defineStaticTransposeNode(
   auto graph_node = node->xnode_union_as_XNNStaticTranspose();
 
   // Get tensor dims, we need to convert the uint32_t* to size_t*
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      graph_node->perm() != nullptr,
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "StaticTranspose: perm is null");
   std::vector<size_t> dims_data = flatbufferDimsToVector(graph_node->perm());
 
   REMAP_ID(remapped_ids, graph_node->input_id(), st_input);
@@ -1059,7 +1080,7 @@ Error defineStaticTransposeNode(
 
   xnn_status status = xnn_define_static_transpose(
       subgraph_ptr,
-      graph_node->num_dims(),
+      dims_data.size(),
       dims_data.data(),
       st_input,
       st_output,
@@ -1123,6 +1144,11 @@ Error defineStaticConstantPadNode(
   const fb_xnnpack::XNNStaticConstantPad* graph_node =
       node->xnode_union_as_XNNStaticConstantPad();
 
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      graph_node->pre_paddings() != nullptr &&
+          graph_node->post_paddings() != nullptr,
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "StaticConstantPad: pre_paddings or post_paddings is null");
   std::vector<size_t> pre_paddings_dims =
       flatbufferDimsToVector(graph_node->pre_paddings());
   std::vector<size_t> post_paddings_dims =
@@ -1211,6 +1237,10 @@ Error defineStaticReshapeNode(
   auto graph_node = node->xnode_union_as_XNNStaticReshape();
 
   // Get tensor dims, we need to convert the uint32_t* to size_t*
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      graph_node->new_shape() != nullptr,
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "StaticReshape: new_shape is null");
   std::vector<size_t> dims_data =
       flatbufferDimsToVector(graph_node->new_shape());
 
@@ -1219,7 +1249,7 @@ Error defineStaticReshapeNode(
 
   xnn_status status = xnn_define_static_reshape(
       subgraph_ptr,
-      graph_node->num_dims(),
+      dims_data.size(),
       dims_data.data(),
       sr_input,
       sr_output,
@@ -1532,15 +1562,26 @@ Error defineStaticSliceNode(
 
   auto graph_node = node->xnode_union_as_XNNStaticSlice();
 
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      graph_node->offsets() != nullptr && graph_node->sizes() != nullptr,
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "StaticSlice: offsets or sizes is null");
   std::vector<size_t> offsets = flatbufferDimsToVector(graph_node->offsets());
   std::vector<size_t> sizes = flatbufferDimsToVector(graph_node->sizes());
 
+  ET_CHECK_OR_RETURN_ERROR(
+      offsets.size() == sizes.size(),
+      InvalidProgram,
+      "StaticSlice: offsets size %zu does not match sizes size %zu",
+      offsets.size(),
+      sizes.size());
+
   REMAP_ID(remapped_ids, graph_node->input_id(), ss_input);
   REMAP_ID(remapped_ids, graph_node->output_id(), ss_output);
 
   xnn_status status = xnn_define_static_slice(
       subgraph_ptr,
-      graph_node->num_dims(),
+      offsets.size(),
       offsets.data(),
       sizes.data(),
       ss_input,