diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index dc14f2f5d..9f873035a 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -6893,6 +6893,8 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
     int64_t  row_low[GGML_CUDA_MAX_DEVICES];
     int64_t row_high[GGML_CUDA_MAX_DEVICES];
 
+    int used_devices = 0;
+
     for (int64_t id = 0; id < g_device_count; ++id) {
         // by default, use all rows
         row_low[id]  = 0;
@@ -6920,6 +6922,8 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
             continue;
         }
 
+        used_devices++;
+
         const bool src1_on_device = src1->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU && id == g_main_device;
         const bool  dst_on_device =  dst->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU && id == g_main_device;
 
@@ -6958,12 +6962,12 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
 
     // if multiple devices are used they need to wait for the main device
     // here an event is recorded that signals that the main device has finished calculating the input data
-    if (split && g_device_count > 1) {
+    if (split && used_devices > 1) {
         CUDA_CHECK(ggml_cuda_set_device(g_main_device));
         CUDA_CHECK(cudaEventRecord(src0_extra->events[g_main_device][0], g_cudaStreams[g_main_device][0]));
     }
 
-    const int64_t src1_col_stride = split && g_device_count > 1 ? MUL_MAT_SRC1_COL_STRIDE : ne11;
+    const int64_t src1_col_stride = split && used_devices > 1 ? MUL_MAT_SRC1_COL_STRIDE : ne11;
     for (int64_t src1_col_0 = 0; src1_col_0 < ne11; src1_col_0 += src1_col_stride) {
         const int64_t is = split ? (src1_col_0/src1_col_stride) % MAX_STREAMS : 0;
         const int64_t src1_ncols = src1_col_0 + src1_col_stride > ne11 ? ne11 - src1_col_0 : src1_col_stride;
@@ -7079,6 +7083,9 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
     }
 
     for (int64_t id = 0; id < g_device_count; ++id) {
+        if ((!split && id != g_main_device) || row_low[id] == row_high[id]) {
+            continue;
+        }
         CUDA_CHECK(ggml_cuda_set_device(id));
 
         // free buffers again when done
@@ -7103,6 +7110,9 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
 
         CUDA_CHECK(ggml_cuda_set_device(g_main_device));
         for (int64_t id = 0; id < g_device_count; ++id) {
+            if (row_low[id] == row_high[id]) {
+                continue;
+            }
             for (int64_t is = 0; is < is_max; ++is) {
                 CUDA_CHECK(cudaStreamWaitEvent(g_cudaStreams[g_main_device][0], src0_extra->events[id][is], 0));
             }
@@ -7400,7 +7410,7 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat_mat_batched_cublas(const ggml_tensor * src0, const
 
 static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     const bool all_on_device =
-        (src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU) &&
+        (src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU || src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU_SPLIT) &&
         (src1->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU) &&
         ( dst->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU);