diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index de3d80353..1783a4688 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -1073,10 +1073,12 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q5_k(const void * __restrict__ vx,
     uint16_t aux[4];
     const uint8_t * sc = (const uint8_t *)aux;
 
+    uint16_t q16[8];
+    const uint8_t * q4 = (const uint8_t *)q16;
+
     for (int i = ix; i < num_blocks_per_row; i += 2) {
 
         const uint8_t * ql1 = x[i].qs + q_offset;
-        const uint8_t * ql2 = ql1 + 64;
         const uint8_t * qh  = x[i].qh + l0;
         const float   * y1  = yy + i*QK_K + y_offset;
         const float   * y2  = y1 + 128;
@@ -1092,15 +1094,25 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_mul_mat_vec_q5_k(const void * __restrict__ vx,
 
         float4 sum = {0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.f};
         float smin = 0;
+        const uint16_t * q1 = (const uint16_t *)ql1;
+        const uint16_t * q2 = q1 + 32;
+        q16[0] = q1[0] & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[1] = q1[8] & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[2] = (q1[0] >> 4) & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[3] = (q1[8] >> 4) & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[4] = q2[0] & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[5] = q2[8] & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[6] = (q2[0] >> 4) & 0x0f0f;
+        q16[7] = (q2[8] >> 4) & 0x0f0f;
         for (int l = 0; l < n; ++l) {
-            sum.x += y1[l+ 0] * ((ql1[l+ 0] & 0xF) + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm1 << 0) ? 16 : 0))
-                   + y1[l+16] * ((ql1[l+16] & 0xF) + (qh[l+16] & (hm1 << 0) ? 16 : 0));
-            sum.y += y1[l+32] * ((ql1[l+ 0] >>  4) + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm1 << 1) ? 16 : 0))
-                   + y1[l+48] * ((ql1[l+16] >>  4) + (qh[l+16] & (hm1 << 1) ? 16 : 0));
-            sum.z += y2[l+ 0] * ((ql2[l+ 0] & 0xF) + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm2 << 0) ? 16 : 0))
-                   + y2[l+16] * ((ql2[l+16] & 0xF) + (qh[l+16] & (hm2 << 0) ? 16 : 0));
-            sum.w += y2[l+32] * ((ql2[l+ 0] >>  4) + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm2 << 1) ? 16 : 0))
-                   + y2[l+48] * ((ql2[l+16] >>  4) + (qh[l+16] & (hm2 << 1) ? 16 : 0));
+            sum.x += y1[l+ 0] * (q4[l +0] + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm1 << 0) ? 16 : 0))
+                   + y1[l+16] * (q4[l +2] + (qh[l+16] & (hm1 << 0) ? 16 : 0));
+            sum.y += y1[l+32] * (q4[l +4] + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm1 << 1) ? 16 : 0))
+                   + y1[l+48] * (q4[l +6] + (qh[l+16] & (hm1 << 1) ? 16 : 0));
+            sum.z += y2[l+ 0] * (q4[l +8] + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm2 << 0) ? 16 : 0))
+                   + y2[l+16] * (q4[l+10] + (qh[l+16] & (hm2 << 0) ? 16 : 0));
+            sum.w += y2[l+32] * (q4[l+12] + (qh[l+ 0] & (hm2 << 1) ? 16 : 0))
+                   + y2[l+48] * (q4[l+14] + (qh[l+16] & (hm2 << 1) ? 16 : 0));
             smin += (y1[l] + y1[l+16]) * sc[2] + (y1[l+32] + y1[l+48]) * sc[3]
                   + (y2[l] + y2[l+16]) * sc[6] + (y2[l+32] + y2[l+48]) * sc[7];
         }