diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index d07327b42..0126c5d96 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -7537,6 +7537,9 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_q3_K_q8_K(int n, float * restrict s, size_t bs, const void * r
         int bit = 0;
         int is  = 0;
 
+        const uint8_t * restrict q3 = x[i].qs;
+        const int8_t  * restrict q8 = y[i].qs;
+
         for (int j = 0; j < QK_K/128; ++j) {
             // load low 2 bits
             const __m256i q3bits = __lasx_xvld((const __m256i*)q3, 0); q3 += 32;