diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/functional/behavior/model_cache.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/functional/behavior/model_cache.cpp
index 880868d8666560..bcce69a934c787 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/functional/behavior/model_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/functional/behavior/model_cache.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ void CheckWeightlessCacheAccuracy::run() {
         auto new_out = new_req.get_tensor(res);
         ov::test::utils::compare(orig_out, new_out);
     }
+
+    {
+        // for functionality check of non-weightless flow
+        ov::AnyMap config_without_weightless_cache = { ov::cache_mode(ov::CacheMode::OPTIMIZE_SPEED) };
+        ov::CompiledModel compiled_model;
+        OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(compiled_model = core->compile_model(xml_path, ov::test::utils::DEVICE_GPU, config_without_weightless_cache));
+
+        auto ofstr = std::ofstream(cache_path, std::ofstream::binary);
+        OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(compiled_model.export_model(ofstr));
+        ofstr.close();
+
+        auto ifstr = std::ifstream(cache_path, std::ifstream::binary);
+        ov::CompiledModel imported_model;
+        OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(imported_model = core->import_model(ifstr, ov::test::utils::DEVICE_GPU, config_without_weightless_cache));
+        ifstr.close();
+    }
 }
 
 TEST_F(CheckWeightlessCacheAccuracy, ReadConcatSplitAssign) {