diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 0d143d2fe..73ede1813 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -1746,6 +1746,9 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_tensor * a,
             enum ggml_prec       prec);
 
+    GGML_API enum ggml_prec ggml_flash_attn_ext_get_prec(
+            const struct ggml_tensor * a);
+
     // TODO: needs to be adapted to ggml_flash_attn_ext
     GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_back(
            struct ggml_context * ctx,
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
index 83e5589a1..0e7ebbc53 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ static void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext_wmma_f16(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, g
     const ggml_tensor * KQV = dst;
     const ggml_tensor * Q   = dst->src[0];
 
-    const int32_t precision = KQV->op_params[3];
+    const enum ggml_prec prec = ggml_flash_attn_ext_get_prec(KQV);
 
-    if (precision != GGML_PREC_DEFAULT) {
+    if (prec != GGML_PREC_DEFAULT) {
         if (Q->ne[1] <= 32 || Q->ne[0] > 128) {
             constexpr int cols_per_block = 16;
             switch (Q->ne[0]) {
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst
 
     ggml_cuda_set_device(ctx.device);
     const int cc = ggml_cuda_info().devices[ggml_cuda_get_device()].cc;
-    const int32_t precision = KQV->op_params[3];
+    const enum ggml_prec prec = ggml_flash_attn_ext_get_prec(KQV);
 
     // On AMD the tile kernels perform poorly, use the vec kernel instead:
     if (cc >= CC_OFFSET_AMD) {
-        if (precision == GGML_PREC_DEFAULT && fast_fp16_available(cc)) {
+        if (prec == GGML_PREC_DEFAULT && fast_fp16_available(cc)) {
             ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16(ctx, dst);
         } else {
             ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext_vec_f32(ctx, dst);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst
     }
 
     if (Q->ne[1] == 1 && Q->ne[0] % (2*WARP_SIZE) == 0) {
-        if (precision == GGML_PREC_DEFAULT) {
+        if (prec == GGML_PREC_DEFAULT) {
             ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16(ctx, dst);
             return;
         } else if(Q->ne[0] <= 128) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index bc034015f..cd26a361b 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -4228,6 +4228,15 @@ void ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(
     ggml_set_op_params_i32(a, 3, prec_i32); // scale is on first pos, max_bias on second
 }
 
+enum ggml_prec ggml_flash_attn_ext_get_prec(
+        const struct ggml_tensor * a) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a->op == GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT);
+
+    const int32_t prec_i32 = ggml_get_op_params_i32(a, 3);
+
+    return (enum ggml_prec) prec_i32;
+}
+
 // ggml_flash_attn_back
 
 struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_back(