diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
index f68f1739a..f8cdb03c3 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -2609,6 +2609,8 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat_vec_nc(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml
     GGML_ASSERT(!ggml_backend_buffer_is_sycl_split(src0->buffer));
     GGML_ASSERT(src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
     GGML_ASSERT(src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(src1->ne[1] == 1);
+    GGML_ASSERT(src1->ne[3] == 1);
 
     const int64_t ne00 = src0->ne[0];
     const int64_t ne01 = src0->ne[1];
@@ -3196,7 +3198,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor
             // The kernel from the if path is faster for that specific case, but does not support all mul mats.
             ggml_sycl_mul_mat_batched_sycl(ctx, src0, src1, dst);
         }
-    } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
+    } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1 && src1->ne[3] == 1) {
         // KQV single-batch
         ggml_sycl_mul_mat_vec_nc(ctx, src0, src1, dst);
     } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[2] * src1->ne[3] > 1) {