diff --git a/ggml-phi-knc-dot_q5_K_q8_K.c b/ggml-phi-knc-dot_q5_K_q8_K.c
index adbb55b4b..ab64198c0 100644
--- a/ggml-phi-knc-dot_q5_K_q8_K.c
+++ b/ggml-phi-knc-dot_q5_K_q8_K.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ inline static void GGML_I16x8_S_FMA_I32x8 (int16x8_t *src, int32_t scale, int32x
                         "vbroadcastI32x4\t%[Z]%{uint8%},\t%%zmm1\n\t"        // use an upscaling operator to clear our value.
                         "vbroadcastI32x4\t%[Z]%{uint8%},\t%%zmm2\n\t"        // use an upscaling operator to clear our value.
 			"kmov\t%[M],\t%%k1\n\t"                              // we will only be working with 8 values at a time. le sigh.
-			"vmovaps\t\t%[SRC]%{int16%},\t%%zmm0%{%%k1%}\n\t"    // load the item we will be summing from. upscale it from int16.
+			"vmovdqa32\t\t%[SRC]%{sint16%},\t%%zmm0%{%%k1%}\n\t"    // load the item we will be summing from. upscale it from int16.
 			"vbroadcastI32x4\t%[SCALE],\t%%zmm1\n\t"             // load the item we will be multiplying by.
-                        "vmovaps\t\t%[RES],\t%%zmm2%{%%k1%}\n\t"             // load the item we will be summing onto.
+                        "vmovdqa32\t\t%[RES],\t%%zmm2%{%%k1%}\n\t"             // load the item we will be summing onto.
 			"vpmadd231d\t%%zmm0,\t%%zmm1,\t%%zmm2%{%%k1%}\n\t"   // perform our multiply-add.
-			"vmovaps\t\t%%zmm2,\t%[RES]%{%%k1}\n\t"              // save the result.
-			: [RES]   "+m" (*target)
+			"vmovdqa32\t\t%%zmm2,\t%[RES]%{%%k1}\n\t"              // save the result.
+			: [RES]   "+m" (*dest)
 			: [Z]     "m"  (zero),
 			  [M]     "r"  (mask),
 			  [SRC]   "m"  (src),
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q5_K_q8_K(int n, float * restrict s, size_t bs, const void * r
       for (int l = 0; l < 8; ++l) ((int32_t *)&aux32)[l] += scale * ((int16_t *)&aux16)[l];
       q8 += 8; a += 8;
       for (int l = 0; l < 8; ++l) ((int16_t *)&aux16)[l] = q8[l] * a[l];
-      GGML_I16x8_S_FMA_I32x8 (aux16, scale, aux32);
-      //      for (int l = 0; l < 8; ++l) ((int32_t *)&aux32)[l] += scale * ((int16_t *)&aux16)[l];
+      GGML_I16x8_S_FMA_I32x8 (&aux16, scale, &aux32);
       q8 += 8; a += 8;
     }
     const float d = GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i].d) * y[i].d;