diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
index 576f9581..f4b3d9cf 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
@@ -4358,7 +4358,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                 // TODO: add vec kernels for (ne00%64 == 0) and maybe also for (ne00%32 == 0)
                 //       for now avoiding mainly to keep the number of templates/kernels a bit lower
                 //       these are now trivial to add after: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/12612
-                if (ne01 >= 4 || (ne00%128 != 0 && ne00 != 96 && ne00 != 192 && ne00 != 576)) {
+                if (ne01 >= 20 || (ne00%128 != 0 && ne00 != 96 && ne00 != 192 && ne00 != 576)) {
                     switch (src1->type) {
                         case GGML_TYPE_F16:
                             {