diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index d76c3abd3..4db74d33a 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -488,10 +488,8 @@ struct llama_file_loader {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (file_version >= LLAMA_FILE_VERSION_GGJT_V1) {
-                // skip to the next multiple of 32 bytes
-                file.seek(-static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(file.tell()) & 31, SEEK_CUR);
-            }
+            // skip to the next multiple of 32 bytes
+            file.seek(-static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(file.tell()) & 31, SEEK_CUR);
 
             tensor.file_off = file.tell();
             tensor.name = name;