diff --git a/examples/gguf/gguf.cpp b/examples/gguf/gguf.cpp
index 5444503a5d2180..994e0fbefc1d3d 100644
--- a/examples/gguf/gguf.cpp
+++ b/examples/gguf/gguf.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static bool gguf_ex_read_0(const std::string & fname) {
 }
 
 // read and create ggml_context containing the tensors and their data
-static bool gguf_ex_read_1(const std::string & fname) {
+static bool gguf_ex_read_1(const std::string & fname, bool check_data) {
     struct ggml_context * ctx_data = NULL;
 
     struct gguf_init_params params = {
@@ -206,13 +206,15 @@ static bool gguf_ex_read_1(const std::string & fname) {
             printf("\n\n");
 
             // check data
-            {
-                const float * data = (const float *) cur->data;
-                for (int j = 0; j < ggml_nelements(cur); ++j) {
-                    if (data[j] != 100 + i) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "%s: tensor[%d]: data[%d] = %f\n", __func__, i, j, data[j]);
-                        gguf_free(ctx);
-                        return false;
+            if (check_data) {
+                {
+                    const float * data = (const float *) cur->data;
+                    for (int j = 0; j < ggml_nelements(cur); ++j) {
+                        if (data[j] != 100 + i) {
+                            fprintf(stderr, "%s: tensor[%d]: data[%d] = %f\n", __func__, i, j, data[j]);
+                            gguf_free(ctx);
+                            return false;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -229,9 +231,16 @@ static bool gguf_ex_read_1(const std::string & fname) {
 
 int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     if (argc < 3) {
-        printf("usage: %s data.gguf r|w\n", argv[0]);
+        printf("usage: %s data.gguf r|w [n]\n", argv[0]);
+        printf("r: read data.gguf file\n");
+        printf("w: write data.gguf file\n");
+        printf("n: no check of tensor data\n");
         return -1;
     }
+    bool check_data = true;
+    if (argc == 4) {
+        check_data = false;
+    }
 
     const std::string fname(argv[1]);
     const std::string mode (argv[2]);
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         GGML_ASSERT(gguf_ex_write(fname) && "failed to write gguf file");
     } else if (mode == "r") {
         GGML_ASSERT(gguf_ex_read_0(fname) && "failed to read gguf file");
-        GGML_ASSERT(gguf_ex_read_1(fname) && "failed to read gguf file");
+        GGML_ASSERT(gguf_ex_read_1(fname, check_data) && "failed to read gguf file");
     }
 
     return 0;