diff --git a/k_quants.c b/k_quants.c
index a9b509588..4accd2480 100644
--- a/k_quants.c
+++ b/k_quants.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,9 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q2_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 
     const uint8x16_t m3 = vdupq_n_u8(0x3);
     const uint8x16_t m4 = vdupq_n_u8(0xF);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
     const int32x4_t  vzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
 
     int8x16x2_t q2bytes;
     uint8_t aux[16];
@@ -1628,7 +1630,9 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q2_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 #ifdef __ARM_NEON
 
     const uint8x16_t m3 = vdupq_n_u8(0x3);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
     const int32x4_t  vzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
 
     int8x16x4_t q2bytes;
 
@@ -2612,8 +2616,6 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q4_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
         const uint8_t * restrict q4 = x[i].qs;
         const int8_t  * restrict q8 = y[i].qs;
 
-        //int32x4_t isum = mzero;
-
         int32_t sumi1 = 0;
         int32_t sumi2 = 0;
 
@@ -3112,9 +3114,11 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 #ifdef __ARM_NEON
 
     const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0xf);
-    const int32x4_t mzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
     const uint8x16_t mone = vdupq_n_u8(1);
     const uint8x16_t mtwo = vdupq_n_u8(2);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
+    const int32x4_t mzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
 
     int8x16x4_t q5bytes;
 
@@ -3457,8 +3461,10 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
 #ifdef __ARM_NEON
 
     const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0xf);
-    const int32x4_t mzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
     const uint8x16_t mh = vdupq_n_u8(16);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
+    const int32x4_t mzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
 
     int8x16x4_t q5bytes;
     uint8x16x4_t q5h;
@@ -3676,7 +3682,9 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q6_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
     float sum = 0;
 
     const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0xF);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
     const int32x4_t  vzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
     //const int8x16_t  m32s = vdupq_n_s8(32);
 
     const uint8x16_t mone = vdupq_n_u8(3);
@@ -4065,8 +4073,10 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q6_K_q8_K(const int n, float * restrict s, const void * restri
     float sum = 0;
 
     const uint8x16_t m4b = vdupq_n_u8(0xF);
-    const int32x4_t  vzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
     const int8x16_t  m32s = vdupq_n_s8(32);
+#if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
+    const int32x4_t  vzero = vdupq_n_s32(0);
+#endif
 
     const uint8x16_t mone = vdupq_n_u8(3);