diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 1a099adcb..f2b224caf 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -7362,7 +7362,7 @@ struct llm_build_context {
         cb(inp_pos, "inp_pos", -1);
 
         // KQ_mask (mask for 1 head, it will be broadcasted to all heads)
-        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, n_tokens, n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0);
+        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_cast(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD), n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0), GGML_TYPE_F16);
         cb(KQ_mask, "KQ_mask", -1);
 
         for (int il = 0; il < n_layer; ++il) {
@@ -7489,7 +7489,7 @@ struct llm_build_context {
         cb(inp_pos, "inp_pos", -1);
 
         // KQ_mask (mask for 1 head, it will be broadcasted to all heads)
-        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, n_tokens, n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0);
+        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_cast(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD), n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0), GGML_TYPE_F16);
         cb(KQ_mask, "KQ_mask", -1);
 
         for (int il = 0; il < n_layer; ++il) {
@@ -7724,7 +7724,7 @@ struct llm_build_context {
         cb(inp_pos, "inp_pos", -1);
 
         // KQ_mask (mask for 1 head, it will be broadcasted to all heads)
-        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, n_tokens, n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0);
+        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_cast(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, n_kv, GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD), n_kv*ggml_type_size(lctx.inp_KQ_mask->type), 0), GGML_TYPE_F16);
         cb(KQ_mask, "KQ_mask", -1);
 
         for (int il = 0; il < n_layer; ++il) {