diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index d2f5e7275..33a6ffdc6 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -4229,6 +4229,15 @@ bool ggml_is_contiguous(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
         tensor->nb[3] == tensor->nb[2]*tensor->ne[2];
 }
 
+static inline bool ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
+
+    return
+        tensor->nb[0] == GGML_TYPE_SIZE[tensor->type] &&
+        tensor->nb[2] == tensor->nb[1]*tensor->ne[1] &&
+        tensor->nb[3] == tensor->nb[2]*tensor->ne[2];
+}
+
 bool ggml_is_permuted(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
 
@@ -9814,8 +9823,8 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_gelu_f32(
         const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
         const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(dst));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(src0));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(dst));
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, dst));
 
     if (params->type == GGML_TASK_INIT || params->type == GGML_TASK_FINALIZE) {
@@ -9873,8 +9882,8 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_gelu_quick_f32(
         const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
         const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(dst));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(src0));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(dst));
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, dst));
 
     if (params->type == GGML_TASK_INIT || params->type == GGML_TASK_FINALIZE) {
@@ -9932,8 +9941,8 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_silu_f32(
         const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
         const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(dst));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(src0));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(dst));
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, dst));
 
     if (params->type == GGML_TASK_INIT || params->type == GGML_TASK_FINALIZE) {
@@ -9992,9 +10001,9 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_silu_back_f32(
         const struct ggml_tensor * src0,
         const struct ggml_tensor * grad,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(grad));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
-    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(dst));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(grad));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(src0));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous_except_dim_1(dst));
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, dst));
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, grad));