diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 484718bb0..b5a4a7349 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -9201,7 +9201,7 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1
     } else if (!split && all_on_device && !fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
         // KQV single-batch
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_nc(src0, src1, dst);
-    } else if (!split && all_on_device && fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1)) {
+    } else if (!split && all_on_device && fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[2]*src1->ne[3] > 1) {
         // KQ + KQV multi-batch
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_mat_batched_cublas(src0, src1, dst);
     } else if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {