diff --git a/common/fit.cpp b/common/fit.cpp
index c82d066ad4..dd1f3ef766 100644
--- a/common/fit.cpp
+++ b/common/fit.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ static std::vector<llama_device_memory_data> common_get_device_memory_data_impl(
         devs.push_back(llama_model_get_device(model, i));
     }
 
-    hp_ngl         = llama_model_n_layer(model) + llama_model_n_layer_nextn(model);
+    hp_ngl         = llama_model_n_layer(model);
+    if (mparams->load_mtp) {
+        hp_ngl    += llama_model_n_layer_nextn(model);
+    }
     hp_n_ctx_train = llama_model_n_ctx_train(model);
     hp_n_expert    = llama_model_n_expert(model);
 
diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index dda311c47b..4cc1c0a1c2 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -2890,6 +2890,21 @@ void llama_model_base::create_tensor_qkv(llama_layer & layer, int bid,
         int64_t n_embd_, int64_t n_embd_q_, int64_t n_embd_k_, int64_t n_embd_v_,
         int flags) {
     const int64_t n_embd_qkv = n_embd_q_ + n_embd_k_ + n_embd_v_;
+
+    if (flags & TENSOR_SKIP) {
+        const int skip = TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED | TENSOR_SKIP;
+
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_QKV, "weight", bid), {n_embd_, n_embd_qkv}, skip | TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_QKV, "bias",   bid), {n_embd_qkv},          skip | TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_Q,   "weight", bid), {n_embd_, n_embd_q_},  skip);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_K,   "weight", bid), {n_embd_, n_embd_k_},  skip);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_V,   "weight", bid), {n_embd_, n_embd_v_},  skip);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_Q,   "bias",   bid), {n_embd_q_},           skip);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_K,   "bias",   bid), {n_embd_k_},           skip);
+        create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_V,   "bias",   bid), {n_embd_v_},           skip);
+        return;
+    }
+
     layer.wqkv = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_QKV, "weight", bid), {n_embd_, n_embd_qkv}, TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED | TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL);
     if (layer.wqkv) {
         layer.wqkv_b = create_tensor(tn(LLM_TENSOR_ATTN_QKV, "bias", bid), {n_embd_qkv}, TENSOR_NOT_REQUIRED | TENSOR_SKIP_IF_VIRTUAL);