diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index e3b07b80ef89c..1f66748dec2c8 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -7628,8 +7628,8 @@ static bool llm_load_tensors(
                         layer.ffn_up   = ml.create_tensor(ctx_split, tn(LLM_TENSOR_FFN_UP,   "weight", i), {n_embd,   n_ff});
 
                         // optional MLP bias
-                        layer.ffn_down_b = ml.create_tensor(ctx_split, tn(LLM_TENSOR_FFN_DOWN, "bias", i), {n_embd}, llama_model_loader::TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED);
-                        layer.ffn_up_b   = ml.create_tensor(ctx_split, tn(LLM_TENSOR_FFN_UP,   "bias", i), {n_ff}, llama_model_loader::TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED);
+                        layer.ffn_down_b = ml.create_tensor(ctx_layer, tn(LLM_TENSOR_FFN_DOWN, "bias", i), {n_embd}, llama_model_loader::TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED);
+                        layer.ffn_up_b   = ml.create_tensor(ctx_layer, tn(LLM_TENSOR_FFN_UP,   "bias", i), {n_ff}, llama_model_loader::TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED);
                     }
                 } break;
             default: