diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index ce534030fc589..5edf74f5009e0 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -2236,15 +2236,13 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q4_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
     float sumf = 0.0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
-        const int8_t * py = y[i].qs;
-
         int sumi = 0;
 
         for (int j = 0; j < qk/2; ++j) {
             const int v0 = (x[i].qs[j] & 0xf) - 8;
             const int v1 = (x[i].qs[j] >>  4) - 8;
 
-            sumi += (v0 * py[j]) + (v1 * py[j + qk/2]);
+            sumi += (v0 * y[i].qs[j]) + (v1 * y[i].qs[j + qk/2]);
         }
 
         sumf += (x[i].d*y[i].d)*sumi;
@@ -2360,15 +2358,13 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q4_1_q8_1(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
     float sumf = 0.0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
-        const int8_t * py = y[i].qs;
-
         int sumi = 0;
 
         for (int j = 0; j < qk/2; ++j) {
             const int v0 = (x[i].qs[j] & 0xf);
             const int v1 = (x[i].qs[j] >>  4);
 
-            sumi += (v0 * py[j]) + (v1 * py[j + qk/2]);
+            sumi += (v0 * y[i].qs[j]) + (v1 * y[i].qs[j + qk/2]);
         }
 
         sumf += (x[i].d*y[i].d)*sumi + x[i].m*(y[i].s0 + y[i].s1);
@@ -2694,8 +2690,6 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q5_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
     float sumf = 0.0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
-        const int8_t * py = y[i].qs;
-
         uint32_t qh;
         memcpy(&qh, x[i].qh, sizeof(qh));
 
@@ -2708,7 +2702,7 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q5_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
             const int32_t x0 = ((x[i].qs[j] & 0xf) | xh_0) - 16;
             const int32_t x1 = ((x[i].qs[j] >>  4) | xh_1) - 16;
 
-            sumi += (x0 * py[j]) + (x1 * py[j + qk/2]);
+            sumi += (x0 * y[i].qs[j]) + (x1 * y[i].qs[j + qk/2]);
         }
 
         sumf += (GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i].d)*y[i].d)*sumi;
@@ -2889,8 +2883,6 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q5_1_q8_1(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
     float sumf = 0.0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
-        const int8_t * py = y[i].qs;
-
         uint32_t qh;
         memcpy(&qh, x[i].qh, sizeof(qh));
 
@@ -2903,7 +2895,7 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q5_1_q8_1(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
             const int32_t x0 = (x[i].qs[j] & 0xF) | xh_0;
             const int32_t x1 = (x[i].qs[j] >>  4) | xh_1;
 
-            sumi += (x0 * py[j]) + (x1 * py[j + qk/2]);
+            sumi += (x0 * y[i].qs[j]) + (x1 * y[i].qs[j + qk/2]);
         }
 
         sumf += (GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i].d)*y[i].d)*sumi + GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i].m)*(y[i].s0 + y[i].s1);