diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/arch/arm/quants.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/arch/arm/quants.c
index 82b048bb3ae4..5ae0dabd34ef 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/arch/arm/quants.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/arch/arm/quants.c
@@ -672,34 +672,36 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_nvfp4_q8_0(int n, float * GGML_RESTRICT s, size_t bs, const vo
     float32x4_t acc = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
 
     for (int ib = 0; ib < nb; ++ib) {
+        const int8x8_t q8_0_lo = vld1_s8(y[2*ib].qs);
+        const int8x8_t q8_0_hi = vld1_s8(y[2*ib].qs + 8);
+        const int8x8_t q8_1_lo = vld1_s8(y[2*ib].qs + 16);
+        const int8x8_t q8_1_hi = vld1_s8(y[2*ib].qs + 24);
+        const int8x8_t q8_2_lo = vld1_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs);
+        const int8x8_t q8_2_hi = vld1_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs + 8);
+        const int8x8_t q8_3_lo = vld1_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs + 16);
+        const int8x8_t q8_3_hi = vld1_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs + 24);
+
         const uint8x16_t q4bits_0 = vld1q_u8(x[ib].qs);
         const uint8x16_t q4bits_1 = vld1q_u8(x[ib].qs + 16);
-
         const int8x16_t q4_lo_0 = ggml_vqtbl1q_s8(values, vandq_u8  (q4bits_0, m4b));
         const int8x16_t q4_hi_0 = ggml_vqtbl1q_s8(values, vshrq_n_u8(q4bits_0, 4));
         const int8x16_t q4_lo_1 = ggml_vqtbl1q_s8(values, vandq_u8  (q4bits_1, m4b));
         const int8x16_t q4_hi_1 = ggml_vqtbl1q_s8(values, vshrq_n_u8(q4bits_1, 4));
 
-        const int8x16_t q8_0a = vld1q_s8(y[2*ib].qs);
-        const int8x16_t q8_0b = vld1q_s8(y[2*ib].qs + 16);
-        const int8x16_t q8_lo_0 = vcombine_s8(vget_low_s8(q8_0a), vget_low_s8(q8_0b));
-        const int8x16_t q8_hi_0 = vcombine_s8(vget_high_s8(q8_0a), vget_high_s8(q8_0b));
-
-        const int8x16_t q8_1a = vld1q_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs);
-        const int8x16_t q8_1b = vld1q_s8(y[2*ib+1].qs + 16);
-        const int8x16_t q8_lo_1 = vcombine_s8(vget_low_s8(q8_1a), vget_low_s8(q8_1b));
-        const int8x16_t q8_hi_1 = vcombine_s8(vget_high_s8(q8_1a), vget_high_s8(q8_1b));
+        const int8x8_t q4_0_lo = vget_low_s8(q4_lo_0);
+        const int8x8_t q4_0_hi = vget_low_s8(q4_hi_0);
+        const int8x8_t q4_1_lo = vget_high_s8(q4_lo_0);
+        const int8x8_t q4_1_hi = vget_high_s8(q4_hi_0);
+        const int8x8_t q4_2_lo = vget_low_s8(q4_lo_1);
+        const int8x8_t q4_2_hi = vget_low_s8(q4_hi_1);
+        const int8x8_t q4_3_lo = vget_high_s8(q4_lo_1);
+        const int8x8_t q4_3_hi = vget_high_s8(q4_hi_1);
 
-        const int32x4_t p0 = vaddq_s32(
-            ggml_vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), q4_lo_0, q8_lo_0),
-            ggml_vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), q4_hi_0, q8_hi_0));
-        const int32x4_t p1 = vaddq_s32(
-            ggml_vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), q4_lo_1, q8_lo_1),
-            ggml_vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), q4_hi_1, q8_hi_1));
+        const int32x4_t p0 = ggml_nvfp4_dot8(q4_0_lo, q8_0_lo, q4_0_hi, q8_0_hi);
+        const int32x4_t p1 = ggml_nvfp4_dot8(q4_1_lo, q8_1_lo, q4_1_hi, q8_1_hi);
+        const int32x4_t p2 = ggml_nvfp4_dot8(q4_2_lo, q8_2_lo, q4_2_hi, q8_2_hi);
+        const int32x4_t p3 = ggml_nvfp4_dot8(q4_3_lo, q8_3_lo, q4_3_hi, q8_3_hi);
 
-        const int32x4_t sums = vpaddq_s32(p0, p1);
-
-        // Decode 4 UE4M3 scales to f32 and multiply with q8 scales
         const float dy0 = GGML_CPU_FP16_TO_FP32(y[2*ib].d);
         const float dy1 = GGML_CPU_FP16_TO_FP32(y[2*ib+1].d);
         const float32x4_t nvsc = {
@@ -710,7 +712,13 @@ void ggml_vec_dot_nvfp4_q8_0(int n, float * GGML_RESTRICT s, size_t bs, const vo
         };
         const float32x4_t scales = vmulq_f32(nvsc, (float32x4_t){dy0, dy0, dy1, dy1});
 
-        acc = vfmaq_f32(acc, vcvtq_f32_s32(sums), scales);
+        const float32x4_t sums = (float32x4_t){
+            (float)vaddvq_s32(p0),
+            (float)vaddvq_s32(p1),
+            (float)vaddvq_s32(p2),
+            (float)vaddvq_s32(p3)
+        };
+        acc = vfmaq_f32(acc, sums, scales);
     }
     sumf = vaddvq_f32(acc);
 #else
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
index 88a9c9ec0572..a3353e787ced 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ inline static int32x4_t ggml_vdotq_s32(int32x4_t acc, int8x16_t a, int8x16_t b)
 
 #endif // !defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
 
+static inline int32x4_t ggml_nvfp4_dot8(const int8x8_t q4_lo, const int8x8_t q8_lo,
+                                         const int8x8_t q4_hi, const int8x8_t q8_hi) {
+    const int16x8_t p_lo = vmull_s8(q4_lo, q8_lo);
+    const int16x8_t p_hi = vmull_s8(q4_hi, q8_hi);
+    const int32x4_t sum_lo = vpaddlq_s16(p_lo);
+    const int32x4_t sum_hi = vpaddlq_s16(p_hi);
+    return vaddq_s32(sum_lo, sum_hi);
+}
+
 #endif // defined(__ARM_NEON)
 
 #ifdef __wasm_simd128__