diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/dmmv.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/dmmv.cpp
index e2bc81032..7306918b4 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/dmmv.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/dmmv.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static void dequantize_mul_mat_vec(const void * __restrict__ vx, const dfloat *
 // processing >2 values per i iter is faster for fast GPUs
 #pragma unroll
         for (int j = 0; j < vals_per_iter; j += 2) {
-            if (col + j >= ncols) break;
             // process 2 vals per j iter
 
             // dequantize