diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index b51d68307..2e518e71d 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -2262,6 +2262,11 @@ class GemmaModel(Model):
         tensor_map = gguf.get_tensor_name_map(self.model_arch, block_count)
 
         for name, data_torch in self.get_tensors():
+            # lm_head is not used in llama.cpp, while autoawq will include this tensor in model
+            # To prevent errors, skip loading lm_head.weight.
+            if "lm_head.weight" in name:
+                    continue
+
             old_dtype = data_torch.dtype
 
             # convert any unsupported data types to float32