diff --git a/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml-sycl.cpp
index e5ddf4a34..db045336f 100644
--- a/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -4620,7 +4620,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor
     } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
         // KQV single-batch
         ggml_sycl_mul_mat_vec_nc(ctx, src0, src1, dst);
-    } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && (src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[2]*src1->ne[3] > 1) {
+    } else if (!split && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[2]*src1->ne[3] > 1) {
         // KQ + KQV multi-batch
         ggml_sycl_mul_mat_batched_sycl(ctx, src0, src1, dst);
     } else if (use_dequantize_mul_mat_vec) {