diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.cpp
index a9ee40491..13e86437c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.cpp
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ void ggml_sycl_op_flatten(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor *sr
                                  const ggml_sycl_op_flatten_t op) try {
 
     const bool use_src1 = src1 != nullptr;
-
-    GGML_ASSERT(!use_src1 || src1->backend != GGML_BACKEND_TYPE_GPU_SPLIT);
-    GGML_ASSERT(              dst->backend != GGML_BACKEND_TYPE_GPU_SPLIT);
+    if(use_src1)
+      GGML_ASSERT(strcmp(src1->buffer->buft->iface.get_name(src1->buffer->buft), GGML_SYCL_NAME "_Split") != 0);
+    GGML_ASSERT(strcmp(dst->buffer->buft->iface.get_name(dst->buffer->buft), GGML_SYCL_NAME "_Split") != 0);
 
     // dd = data device
     float * src0_ddf = (float *) src0->data;