diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index 7b40baa03..a000b352c 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -12412,7 +12412,7 @@ static bool isnan_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f) {
     return (f & 0x7c00) == 0x7c00 && (f & 0x03ff) != 0;
 }
 
-static inline bool validate_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f, size_t i) {
+static bool validate_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f, size_t i) {
     if (isinf_fp16(f)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found inf value at block %zu\n", i);
         return false;
@@ -12448,7 +12448,6 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
         return false;
     }
 
-    // size check
     if (nbytes % ggml_type_size(type) != 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid size %zu for type %d\n", __func__, nbytes, type);
         return false;
@@ -12461,7 +12460,7 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
             {
                 const ggml_fp16_t * f = (const ggml_fp16_t *) data;
                 size_t i = 0;
-#ifdef __AVX2__
+#if defined(__AVX2__)
                 for (; i + 15 < nb; i += 16) {
                     __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(f + i));
                     __m256i vexp = _mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16(0x7c00));
@@ -12476,6 +12475,21 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
                         GGML_UNREACHABLE();
                     }
                 }
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
+                for (; i + 7 < nb; i += 8) {
+                    uint16x8_t v = vld1q_u16(f + i);
+                    uint16x8_t vexp = vandq_u16(v, vdupq_n_u16(0x7c00));
+                    uint16x8_t cmp = vceqq_u16(vexp, vdupq_n_u16(0x7c00));
+                    uint64_t mask = vget_lane_u64(vreinterpret_u64_u8(vshrn_n_u16(cmp, 4)), 0);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_fp16(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
 #endif
                 for (; i < nb; ++i) {
                     if (!validate_fp16(f[i], i)) {
@@ -12487,7 +12501,7 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
             {
                 const float * f = (const float *) data;
                 size_t i = 0;
-#ifdef __AVX2__
+#if defined(__AVX2__)
                 for (; i + 7 < nb; i += 8) {
                     __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(f + i));
                     __m256i vexp = _mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7f800000));
@@ -12502,6 +12516,21 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
                         GGML_UNREACHABLE();
                     }
                 }
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
+                for (; i + 3 < nb; i += 4) {
+                    uint32x4_t v = vld1q_u32((const uint32_t *)f + i);
+                    uint32x4_t vexp = vandq_u32(v, vdupq_n_u32(0x7f800000));
+                    uint32x4_t cmp = vceqq_u32(vexp, vdupq_n_u32(0x7f800000));
+                    uint64_t mask = vget_lane_u64(vreinterpret_u64_u8(vshrn_n_u32(cmp, 8)), 0);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_float(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
 #endif
                 for (; i < nb; ++i) {
                     if (!validate_float(f[i], i)) {