diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
index 3a1912ae9..becac9d6e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
@@ -4008,12 +4008,12 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_back_f32(
                 // dx := scale(dx, rrms)
                 float * dx = (float *) ((char *) dst->data + i01*nb1 + i02*nb2 + i03*nb3);
 
-                // dx[i00] = (x*(-sum_xdz/sum_eps) + dz) / sqrtf(mean_eps)
-                ggml_vec_cpy_f32  (ne00, dx, x);
-                // ggml_vec_scale_f32(ne00, dx, -mean_xdz/mean_eps);
-                ggml_vec_scale_f32(ne00, dx, (float)(-sum_xdz)/sum_eps);
-                ggml_vec_acc_f32  (ne00, dx, dz);
-                ggml_vec_scale_f32(ne00, dx, rrms);
+                // dx[i00] = (dz + x*(-sum_xdz/sum_eps)) * rrms
+                // note: https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/issues/1491
+                const float scale_x = (float) (-sum_xdz) / sum_eps;
+                for (int64_t i00 = 0; i00 < ne00; i00++) {
+                    dx[i00] = (dz[i00] + x[i00] * scale_x) * rrms;
+                }
             }
         }
     }