diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index acdba03..66a8c5b 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -2766,8 +2766,8 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q4_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
     float sumf = 0.0;
 
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON)
-    float sum0 = 0.0f;
-    float sum1 = 0.0f;
+    float32x4_t sumv0 = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
+    float32x4_t sumv1 = vdupq_n_f32(0.0f);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i += 2) {
         const block_q4_0 * restrict x0 = &x[i + 0];
@@ -2807,14 +2807,17 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q4_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
 
 #if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_DOTPROD)
         // dot product into int32x4_t
-        int32x4_t p_0 = vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), v0_0ls, v1_0ls);
-        int32x4_t p_1 = vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), v0_1ls, v1_1ls);
-
-        p_0 = vdotq_s32(p_0, v0_0hs, v1_0hs);
-        p_1 = vdotq_s32(p_1, v0_1hs, v1_1hs);
+        const int32x4_t p_0 = vdotq_s32(vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), v0_0ls, v1_0ls), v0_0hs, v1_0hs);
+        const int32x4_t p_1 = vdotq_s32(vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0), v0_1ls, v1_1ls), v0_1hs, v1_1hs);
 
-        sum0 += x0->d*y0->d*vaddvq_s32(p_0);
-        sum1 += x1->d*y1->d*vaddvq_s32(p_1);
+#if 0
+        // note: this is faster for 4-6 threads by slower for more threads
+        sumv0 = vmlaq_n_f32(sumv0, vcvtq_f32_s32(p_0), x0->d*y0->d);
+        sumv1 = vmlaq_n_f32(sumv1, vcvtq_f32_s32(p_1), x1->d*y1->d);
+#else
+        sumv0 = vaddq_f32(sumv0, vmulq_f32(vcvtq_f32_s32(p_0), vdupq_n_f32(x0->d*y0->d)));
+        sumv1 = vaddq_f32(sumv1, vmulq_f32(vcvtq_f32_s32(p_1), vdupq_n_f32(x1->d*y1->d)));
+#endif
 #else
         const int16x8_t pl0l = vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (v0_0ls), vget_low_s8 (v1_0ls));
         const int16x8_t pl0h = vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(v0_0ls), vget_high_s8(v1_0ls));
@@ -2826,21 +2829,17 @@ static void ggml_vec_dot_q4_0_q8_0(const int n, float * restrict s, const void *
         const int16x8_t ph1l = vmull_s8(vget_low_s8 (v0_1hs), vget_low_s8 (v1_1hs));
         const int16x8_t ph1h = vmull_s8(vget_high_s8(v0_1hs), vget_high_s8(v1_1hs));
 
-        const int16x8_t pl_0 = vaddq_s16(pl0l, pl0h);
-        const int16x8_t ph_0 = vaddq_s16(ph0l, ph0h);
-
-        const int16x8_t pl_1 = vaddq_s16(pl1l, pl1h);
-        const int16x8_t ph_1 = vaddq_s16(ph1l, ph1h);
+        const int32x4_t pl0 = vaddq_s32(vpaddlq_s16(pl0l), vpaddlq_s16(pl0h));
+        const int32x4_t ph0 = vaddq_s32(vpaddlq_s16(ph0l), vpaddlq_s16(ph0h));
+        const int32x4_t pl1 = vaddq_s32(vpaddlq_s16(pl1l), vpaddlq_s16(pl1h));
+        const int32x4_t ph1 = vaddq_s32(vpaddlq_s16(ph1l), vpaddlq_s16(ph1h));
 
-        const int16x8_t p_0 = vaddq_s16(pl_0, ph_0);
-        const int16x8_t p_1 = vaddq_s16(pl_1, ph_1);
-
-        sum0 += x0->d*y0->d*vaddvq_s16(p_0);
-        sum1 += x1->d*y1->d*vaddvq_s16(p_1);
+        sumv0 = vmlaq_n_f32(sumv0, vcvtq_f32_s32(vaddq_s32(pl0, ph0)), x0->d*y0->d);
+        sumv1 = vmlaq_n_f32(sumv1, vcvtq_f32_s32(vaddq_s32(pl1, ph1)), x1->d*y1->d);
 #endif
     }
 
-    sumf = sum0 + sum1;
+    sumf = vaddvq_f32(sumv0) + vaddvq_f32(sumv1);
 #elif defined(__AVX2__)
     // Initialize accumulator with zeros
     __m256 acc = _mm256_setzero_ps();