diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
index abeb40fbd4..7b10794440 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn-rewrite.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ inline void ggml_zdnn_load_tensor(zdnn_ztensor & ztensor,
     ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_transform_ztensor(&ztensor, buffer));
 }
 
+inline void ggml_zdnn_init_tensor(ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer * buffer, const ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    switch (tensor->op) {
+        case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT:
+            {
+                zdnn_init_pre_transformed_desc(
+                    ZDNN_2D,
+                    ggml_zdnn_type_mapping(tensor->type),
+                    &buffer->pre_tfm_desc,
+                    tensor->ne[1], tensor->ne[0]
+                );
+            } break;
+        default:
+            {
+                zdnn_init_pre_transformed_desc(
+                    ZDNN_NCHW,
+                    ggml_zdnn_type_mapping(tensor->type),
+                    &buffer->pre_tfm_desc,
+                    tensor->ne[3], tensor->ne[2], tensor->ne[1], tensor->ne[0]
+                );
+            } break;
+    }
+
+    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_generate_transformed_desc(&buffer->pre_tfm_desc, &buffer->tfm_desc));
+    ZDNN_CHECK(zdnn_init_ztensor_with_malloc(&buffer->pre_tfm_desc, &buffer->tfm_desc, &buffer->ztensor));
+}
+
 static void ggml_zdnn_mul_mat_op(ggml_backend_zdnn_context * ctx, const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     GGML_TENSOR_BINARY_OP_LOCALS;
 
@@ -340,6 +366,30 @@ static void * ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_get_base(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
 }
 
 static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_init_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    if (tensor->view_src != NULL) {
+        assert(tensor->view_src->buffer->buft == buffer->buft);
+        return GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_context *)buffer->context;
+
+    const int64_t tsize = ggml_nbytes(tensor);
+    int buffer_idx = ctx->n_buffers;
+
+    ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer zdnn_buffer;
+    zdnn_buffer.data = tensor->data;
+    zdnn_buffer.size = tsize;
+    strncpy(zdnn_buffer.name, tensor->name, GGML_MAX_NAME - 1);
+    ctx->buffers.push_back(zdnn_buffer);
+
+    ggml_zdnn_init_tensor(&zdnn_buffer, tensor);
+
+    ctx->n_buffers++;
+    tensor->extra = &ctx->buffers[buffer_idx];
+
+    GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: initialised tensor '%s' in buffer %d, size = %8.2f MiB\n",
+                  __func__, tensor->name, buffer_idx, tsize);
+
     return GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }