diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 36673cbcc..d2dbe02fa 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -15344,7 +15344,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
     } else if (name.find("attn_v.weight") != std::string::npos) {
         if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S ||
             ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M    || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_M) {
-            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q6_K;
+            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q6_K;
             else {
                 if (qs.model.hparams.n_gqa() >= 2 || qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 2) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
                 else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XS) new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS;
@@ -15352,7 +15352,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
             }
             ++qs.i_attention_wv;
         }
-        else if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) {
+        else if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) {
             // for the 8-expert model, bumping this to Q8_0 trades just ~128MB
             // TODO: explore better strategies
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q8_0;
@@ -15391,7 +15391,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
         else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_S && qs.i_attention_wv < 4) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q5_K;
         ++qs.i_attention_wv;
     } else if (name.find("attn_k.weight") != std::string::npos) {
-        if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) {
+        if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) {
             // for the 8-expert model, bumping this to Q8_0 trades just ~128MB
             // TODO: explore better strategies
             if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S ||
@@ -15436,7 +15436,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
         else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XXS) new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ2_S;
         else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S ||
             ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M    || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_M) {
-            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q3_K;
+            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q3_K;
         }
     } else if (name.find("ffn_down") != std::string::npos) {
         auto info = layer_info(qs.i_ffn_down, qs.n_ffn_down, name.c_str());
@@ -15461,7 +15461,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
                      : GGML_TYPE_Q3_K;
         }
         else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_M && (i_layer < n_layer/8 ||
-                    (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8 && use_more_bits(i_layer, n_layer)))) {
+                    (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4 && use_more_bits(i_layer, n_layer)))) {
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
         }
         else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_L) {
@@ -15492,7 +15492,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
         ++qs.i_ffn_down;
     } else if (name.find("attn_output.weight") != std::string::npos) {
         if (arch != LLM_ARCH_FALCON) {
-            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) {
+            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) {
                 if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K   || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XXS ||
                     ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_M  || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ4_NL ||
                     ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_M  || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_S  ||
@@ -15500,7 +15500,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
             }
             else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XXS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_XS || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S ||
                 ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M    || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_M) {
-                if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 8) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
+                if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
                 else {
                     if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_M) new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS;
                     else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M) new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS;