diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 66494974abb6fc..8e20e72a232145 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -8489,9 +8489,16 @@ static ggml_type get_k_quant_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type new_ty
         ++qs.i_feed_forward_w2;
     } else if (name.find("attn_output.weight") != std::string::npos) {
         if (arch != LLM_ARCH_FALCON) {
-            if      (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K  ) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q3_K;
-            else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_M) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
-            else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_L) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q5_K;
+            if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert == 8) {
+                if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K   || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_M ||
+                    ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_K_M) {
+                    new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q5_K;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if      (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K  ) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q3_K;
+                else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_M) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
+                else if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_L) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q5_K;
+            }
         } else {
             if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q3_K_L) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
         }