diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 9e9eac487103e..a14e2362aba91 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -6291,7 +6291,7 @@ void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1, ggml_
                 ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(src0, src1, dst, ggml_cuda_op_dequantize_mul_mat_vec, false);
             }
         } else {
-            if (src1->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU && g_mul_mat_q && ggml_is_quantized(src0->type) && min_compute_capability >= MIN_CC_DP4A) {
+            if (g_mul_mat_q && ggml_is_quantized(src0->type) && min_compute_capability >= MIN_CC_DP4A) {
                 ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(src0, src1, dst, ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat_q, true);
             } else {
                 ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(src0, src1, dst, ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat_cublas, false);