diff --git a/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_tensor_sharding.cpp b/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_tensor_sharding.cpp
index 5678c31e4df2..0c90a2efca73 100644
--- a/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_tensor_sharding.cpp
+++ b/tests/ttnn/unit_tests/gtests/tensor/test_tensor_sharding.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,6 @@ struct IllegalShardSpecParams {
 class IllegalTensorLayoutCreationTests : public ::testing::TestWithParam<IllegalShardSpecParams> {};
 
 TEST_P(IllegalTensorLayoutCreationTests, ExpectFailAndCheckErrMsg) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Enable tests after flipping asserts to TT_FATAL (issue #17060)";
     const auto& params = GetParam();
 
     EXPECT_THAT(
@@ -1042,7 +1041,6 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
 class IllegalTensorSpecCreationTests : public ::testing::TestWithParam<IllegalShardSpecParams> {};
 
 TEST_P(IllegalTensorSpecCreationTests, ExpectFailAndCheckErrMsg) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Enable tests after flipping asserts to TT_FATAL (issue #17060)";
     const auto& params = GetParam();
 
     auto tensor_layout = TensorLayout(DataType::BFLOAT16, params.page_config, params.memory_config);
diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/layout/tensor_layout.cpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/layout/tensor_layout.cpp
index 8bd564e511c1..f119c7bc6217 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/layout/tensor_layout.cpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/layout/tensor_layout.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void validate_shard_spec(const TensorLayout& tensor_layout) {
         const auto& physical_shard_shape = tensor_layout.get_physical_shard_shape();
         const auto& tile_shape = tensor_layout.get_tile().get_tile_shape();
         // TODO (issue #17060): Flip to TT_FATAL
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             (physical_shard_shape.height() % tile_shape[0] == 0 && physical_shard_shape.width() % tile_shape[1] == 0),
             "Physical shard shape {} must be tile {} sized!",
             physical_shard_shape,
diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/tensor_spec.cpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/tensor_spec.cpp
index 683f4814e2a7..d80cc71ecb65 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/tensor_spec.cpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/tensor_spec.cpp
@@ -29,31 +29,31 @@ void validate_shard_spec_with_tensor_shape(const TensorSpec& tensor_spec) {
 
     // TODO (issue #17060): Flip to TT_FATAL
     if (memory_config.memory_layout == TensorMemoryLayout::HEIGHT_SHARDED) {
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             physical_width == physical_shard_width,
             "Shard width {} must match physical width {} for height sharded",
             physical_shard_width,
             physical_width);
         uint32_t num_shards = div_up(physical_height, physical_shard_height);
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             num_shards <= num_cores,
             "Number of shards along height {} must not exceed number of cores {}",
             num_shards,
             num_cores);
     } else if (memory_config.memory_layout == TensorMemoryLayout::WIDTH_SHARDED) {
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             physical_height == physical_shard_height,
             "Shard height {} must match physical height {} for width sharded",
             physical_shard_height,
             physical_height);
         uint32_t num_shards = div_up(physical_width, physical_shard_width);
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             num_shards <= num_cores,
             "Number of shards along width {} must not exceed number of cores {}",
             num_shards,
             num_cores);
     } else if (memory_config.memory_layout == TensorMemoryLayout::BLOCK_SHARDED) {
-        TT_ASSERT(
+        TT_FATAL(
             shard_spec.grid.ranges().size() == 1, "Shard grid must be one full rectangular grid for block sharded!");
         uint32_t num_shards_along_height = div_up(physical_height, physical_shard_height);
         uint32_t num_shards_along_width = div_up(physical_width, physical_shard_width);
@@ -61,24 +61,24 @@ void validate_shard_spec_with_tensor_shape(const TensorSpec& tensor_spec) {
         // Additionally check that number of cores along height and width matches shard grid
         const CoreCoord shard_grid = shard_spec.grid.bounding_box().grid_size();
         if (shard_spec.orientation == ShardOrientation::ROW_MAJOR) {
-            TT_ASSERT(
+            TT_FATAL(
                 num_shards_along_height <= shard_grid.y,
                 "Number of shards along height {} must not exceed number of rows {} for row major orientation!",
                 num_shards_along_height,
                 shard_grid.y);
-            TT_ASSERT(
+            TT_FATAL(
                 num_shards_along_width <= shard_grid.x,
                 "Number of shards along width {} must not exceed number of columns {} for row major orientation!",
                 num_shards_along_width,
                 shard_grid.x);
         } else {
-            TT_ASSERT(
+            TT_FATAL(
                 num_shards_along_height <= shard_grid.x,
                 "Number of shards along height {} must not exceed number of columns {} for column major "
                 "orientation!",
                 num_shards_along_height,
                 shard_grid.x);
-            TT_ASSERT(
+            TT_FATAL(
                 num_shards_along_width <= shard_grid.y,
                 "Number of shards along width {} must not exceed number of rows {} for column major orientation!",
                 num_shards_along_width,