diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
index 2857bfa435..445b873205 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ static bool ggml_zdnn_op_mul_mat(struct ggml_backend_zdnn_context * ctx, const g
         &weights_extra->pre_tfm_desc,
         weights->ne[1], weights->ne[0]
     );
-    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&weights_extra->ztensor, weights->data));
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_generate_transformed_desc(&weights_extra->pre_tfm_desc, &weights_extra->tfm_desc));
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_init_ztensor_with_malloc(&weights_extra->pre_tfm_desc, &weights_extra->tfm_desc, &weights_extra->ztensor));
+    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&weights_extra->ztensor, weights->data));
 
     // have to do this here because although it was transformed, the shape is wrong
     if (&inputs_extra->ztensor.is_transformed) zdnn_reset_ztensor(&inputs_extra->ztensor);
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ static bool ggml_zdnn_op_mul_mat(struct ggml_backend_zdnn_context * ctx, const g
         &inputs_extra->pre_tfm_desc,
         inputs->ne[1], inputs->ne[0]
     );
-    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&inputs_extra->ztensor, inputs->data));
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_generate_transformed_desc(&inputs_extra->pre_tfm_desc, &inputs_extra->tfm_desc));
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_init_ztensor_with_malloc(&inputs_extra->pre_tfm_desc, &inputs_extra->tfm_desc, &inputs_extra->ztensor));
+    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&inputs_extra->ztensor, inputs->data));
 
     // have to transform the bias ztensor here because only GGML_OP_NONE goes through set_tensor
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&bias_extra->ztensor, bias_extra->data));