diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 1b8603e7..c518366d 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -673,11 +673,15 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_3d        (const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
     GGML_API int  ggml_n_dims       (const struct ggml_tensor * tensor); // returns 1 for scalars
 
+    // returns whether the tensor elements can be iterated over with a flattened index (no gaps, no permutation)
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguous  (const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguous_0(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor); // same as ggml_is_contiguous()
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguous_1(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor); // contiguous for dims >= 1
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguous_2(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor); // contiguous for dims >= 2
 
+    // returns whether the tensor elements are allocated as one contiguous block of memory (no gaps, but permutation ok)
+    GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
+
     // true for tensor that is stored in memory as CxWxHxN and has been permuted to WxHxCxN
     GGML_API bool ggml_is_contiguous_channels(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-common.cuh b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-common.cuh
index 56121705..c7dc7288 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-common.cuh
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-common.cuh
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ void launch_fattn(
     size_t nb23 = V->nb[3];
 
     if (need_f16_K && K->type != GGML_TYPE_F16) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(K));
         K_f16.alloc(ggml_nelements(K));
         to_fp16_cuda_t to_fp16 = ggml_get_to_fp16_cuda(K->type);
         to_fp16(K_data, K_f16.ptr, ggml_nelements(K), main_stream);
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ void launch_fattn(
     }
 
     if (need_f16_V && V->type != GGML_TYPE_F16) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(V));
         V_f16.alloc(ggml_nelements(V));
         to_fp16_cuda_t to_fp16 = ggml_get_to_fp16_cuda(V->type);
         to_fp16(V_data, V_f16.ptr, ggml_nelements(V), main_stream);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
index 0d9ee0a2..42302e4e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -1536,6 +1536,8 @@ static void ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(
 
         // If src0 is on a temporary compute buffer (partial offloading) there may be some padding that needs to be cleared:
         if (ne00 % MATRIX_ROW_PADDING != 0 && ggml_is_quantized(src0->type) && ggml_backend_buffer_get_usage(src0->buffer) == GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_COMPUTE && src0->view_src == nullptr) {
+            GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(src0));
+            GGML_ASSERT(!src0->view_src);
             const size_t nbytes_data    = ggml_row_size(src0->type, (dev[id].row_high - dev[id].row_low)*ne00);
             const size_t nbytes_padding = ggml_row_size(src0->type, MATRIX_ROW_PADDING - ne00 % MATRIX_ROW_PADDING);
             CUDA_CHECK(cudaMemsetAsync(dev[id].src0_dd + nbytes_data, 0, nbytes_padding, stream));
@@ -2067,10 +2069,11 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat_id(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor *
         }
 
         ggml_tensor src0_slice = *src0;
-        src0_slice.ne[2] = 1;
-        src0_slice.nb[3] = src0_slice.nb[2];
-        src0_slice.data  = (char *) src0->data + i02*nb02;
-        GGML_ASSERT(!ggml_cuda_should_use_mmq(src0->type, cc, ne11) || ne00 % MATRIX_ROW_PADDING == 0);
+        src0_slice.ne[2]    = 1;
+        src0_slice.nb[3]    = src0_slice.nb[2];
+        src0_slice.op       = GGML_OP_VIEW;
+        src0_slice.view_src = dst->src[0]; // non-const pointer to src0
+        src0_slice.data     = (char *) src0->data + i02*nb02;
 
         ggml_tensor src1_slice;
         memset(&src1_slice, 0, sizeof(src1_slice));
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmq.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmq.cu
index 347d27d5..b4962e6a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmq.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmq.cu
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ void ggml_cuda_mul_mat_q(
 
     // If src0 is a temporary compute buffer, clear any potential padding.
     if (ggml_backend_buffer_get_usage(src0->buffer) == GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_COMPUTE) {
-        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(src0));
+        GGML_ASSERT(!src0->view_src);
         const size_t size_data  = ggml_nbytes(src0);
         const size_t size_alloc = ggml_backend_buffer_get_alloc_size(src0->buffer, src0);
         if (size_alloc > size_data) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmvq.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmvq.cu
index 4bb51d27..3b313ea2 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmvq.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmvq.cu
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ void ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_q(
 
     // If src0 is a temporary compute buffer, clear any potential padding.
     if (ggml_backend_buffer_get_usage(src0->buffer) == GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_COMPUTE) {
-        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src0));
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(src0));
+        GGML_ASSERT(!src0->view_src);
         const size_t size_data  = ggml_nbytes(src0);
         const size_t size_alloc = ggml_backend_buffer_get_alloc_size(src0->buffer, src0);
         if (size_alloc > size_data) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 7654ae17..ee4fe9f7 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,10 @@ bool ggml_is_contiguous_2(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     return ggml_is_contiguous_n(tensor, 2);
 }
 
+bool ggml_is_contiguously_allocated(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    return ggml_nbytes(tensor) == ggml_nelements(tensor) * ggml_type_size(tensor->type)/ggml_blck_size(tensor->type);
+}
+
 bool ggml_is_permuted(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");