diff --git a/ggml/include/gguf.h b/ggml/include/gguf.h
index 79ee2020..02d5f221 100644
--- a/ggml/include/gguf.h
+++ b/ggml/include/gguf.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extern "C" {
     };
 
     GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_empty(void);
+    GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_ptr(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_params params);
     GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_params params);
     //GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_buffer(..);
 
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ extern "C" {
     //
 
     // write the entire context to a binary file
+    GGML_API bool gguf_write_to_file_ptr(const struct gguf_context * ctx, FILE * file, bool only_meta);
     GGML_API bool gguf_write_to_file(const struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * fname, bool only_meta);
 
     // get the size in bytes of the meta data (header, kv pairs, tensor info) including padding
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
index 92568655..0639db36 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
@@ -773,6 +773,5 @@ inline bool ggml_check_edges(const struct ggml_cgraph *                cgraph,
 
 // expose GGUF internals for test code
 GGML_API size_t gguf_type_size(enum gguf_type type);
-GGML_API struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_impl(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_params params);
 GGML_API void gguf_write_to_buf(const struct gguf_context * ctx, std::vector<int8_t> & buf, bool only_meta);
 #endif // __cplusplus
diff --git a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
index cbeedf6c..ab3cc974 100644
--- a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ bool gguf_read_emplace_helper(const struct gguf_reader & gr, std::vector<struct
     return true;
 }
 
-struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_impl(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_params params) {
+struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file_ptr(FILE * file, struct gguf_init_params params) {
+    if (!file) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     const struct gguf_reader gr(file);
     struct gguf_context * ctx = new gguf_context;
 
@@ -848,7 +852,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    struct gguf_context * result = gguf_init_from_file_impl(file, params);
+    struct gguf_context * result = gguf_init_from_file_ptr(file, params);
     fclose(file);
     return result;
 }
@@ -1508,6 +1512,19 @@ void gguf_write_to_buf(const struct gguf_context * ctx, std::vector<int8_t> & bu
     gguf_write_out(ctx, gw, only_meta);
 }
 
+bool gguf_write_to_file_ptr(const struct gguf_context * ctx, FILE * file, bool only_meta) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(file);
+
+    try {
+        gguf_writer_file gw(file);
+        gguf_write_out(ctx, gw, only_meta);
+    } catch (const std::runtime_error& ex) {
+        GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to write GGUF data: %s\n", __func__, ex.what());
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool gguf_write_to_file(const struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * fname, bool only_meta) {
     FILE * file = ggml_fopen(fname, "wb");
 
@@ -1516,17 +1533,13 @@ bool gguf_write_to_file(const struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * fname, boo
         return false;
     }
 
-    try {
-        gguf_writer_file gw(file);
-        gguf_write_out(ctx, gw, only_meta);
-    } catch (const std::runtime_error& ex) {
-        GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to write GGUF data into '%s': %s\n", __func__, fname, ex.what());
-        fclose(file);
-        return false;
+    const bool success = gguf_write_to_file_ptr(ctx, file, only_meta);
+    if (!success) {
+        GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to write GGUF data into '%s'\n", __func__, fname);
     }
 
     fclose(file);
-    return true;
+    return success;
 }
 
 size_t gguf_get_meta_size(const struct gguf_context * ctx) {