diff --git a/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml-sycl.cpp
index 89fb5a688cb34..89a46ebe9a7bd 100644
--- a/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -15228,7 +15228,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1
     } 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(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(src0, src1, dst);
     } else if (use_dequantize_mul_mat_vec) {