diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index d76a25dc2..5fd625630 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -4908,8 +4908,8 @@ static void scale_f32_cuda(const float * x, float * dst, const float scale, cons
 
 static void rope_f32_cuda(const float * x, float * dst, const int ncols, const int nrows, const float p0,
                           const float p_delta, const int p_delta_rows, const float theta_scale, cudaStream_t stream) {
-    GGML_ASSERT(nrows % 2 == 0); // GG: is this assert really needed? I don't see why
-    const dim3 block_dims(1, 2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE, 1);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ncols % 2 == 0);
+    const dim3 block_dims(1, CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE, 1);
     const int num_blocks_x = (ncols + 2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / (2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE);
     const dim3 block_nums(nrows, num_blocks_x, 1);
     rope_f32<<<block_nums, block_dims, 0, stream>>>(x, dst, ncols, p0, p_delta, p_delta_rows, theta_scale);
@@ -4917,7 +4917,8 @@ static void rope_f32_cuda(const float * x, float * dst, const int ncols, const i
 
 static void rope_neox_f32_cuda(const float * x, float * dst, const int ncols, const int nrows, const float p0,
                           const float p_delta, const int p_delta_rows, const float theta_scale, cudaStream_t stream) {
-    const dim3 block_dims(1, 2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE, 1);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ncols % 2 == 0);
+    const dim3 block_dims(1, CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE, 1);
     const int num_blocks_x = (ncols + 2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / (2*CUDA_ROPE_BLOCK_SIZE);
     const dim3 block_nums(nrows, num_blocks_x, 1);
     rope_neox_f32<<<block_nums, block_dims, 0, stream>>>(x, dst, ncols, p0, p_delta, p_delta_rows, theta_scale);