diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index e56595742..3242a0b4a 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -8657,9 +8657,9 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_dequantize_mul_mat_vec(
 
     if (src1_convert_f16) {
         src1_dfloat = src1_dfloat_a.alloc(ne00);
-        ggml_cpy_f32_f16_cuda((const char *) src1_ddf_i, (char *) src1_dfloat, ne00,
-                                ne00, 1, sizeof(float), 0, 0,
-                                ne00, 1, sizeof(half),  0, 0, stream);
+        const to_fp16_cuda_t to_fp16_cuda = ggml_get_to_fp16_cuda(src1->type);
+        GGML_ASSERT(to_fp16_cuda != nullptr);
+        to_fp16_cuda(src1_ddf_i, src1_dfloat, ne00, stream);
     }
 #else
     const dfloat * src1_dfloat = (const dfloat *) src1_ddf_i; // dfloat == float, no conversion