diff --git a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
index 8625439366..cbeedf6c4b 100644
--- a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
@@ -228,13 +228,41 @@ struct gguf_context {
 };
 
 struct gguf_reader {
-    FILE * file;
+    gguf_reader(FILE * file) : file(file) {
+        // read the remaining bytes once and update on each read
+        nbytes_remain = file_remain(file);
+    }
 
-    gguf_reader(FILE * file) : file(file) {}
+    // helper for remaining bytes in a file
+    static uint64_t file_remain(FILE * file) {
+        const int64_t cur = gguf_ftell(file);
+        if (cur < 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (gguf_fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
+            gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+        const int64_t end = gguf_ftell(file);
+        if (end < 0) {
+            gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+        gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
+        return static_cast<uint64_t>(end - cur);
+    }
 
     template <typename T>
     bool read(T & dst) const {
-        return fread(&dst, 1, sizeof(dst), file) == sizeof(dst);
+        const size_t size = sizeof(dst);
+        if (nbytes_remain < size) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const size_t nread = fread(&dst, 1, size, file);
+        nbytes_remain -= nread;
+        return nread == size;
     }
 
     template <typename T>
@@ -242,20 +270,19 @@ struct gguf_reader {
         if (n > GGUF_MAX_ARRAY_ELEMENTS) {
             return false;
         }
-        const uint64_t nbytes = nbytes_remain();
         if constexpr (std::is_same<T, std::string>::value) {
             // strings are prefixed with their length, so we need to account for that
             if (n > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(uint64_t)) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if (nbytes < n * sizeof(uint64_t)) {
+            if (nbytes_remain < n * sizeof(uint64_t)) {
                 return false;
             }
         } else {
             if (n > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(T)) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if (nbytes < n * sizeof(T)) {
+            if (nbytes_remain < n * sizeof(T)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -312,39 +339,29 @@ struct gguf_reader {
             GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: string length %" PRIu64 " exceeds maximum %" PRIu64 "\n", __func__, size, (uint64_t) GGUF_MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
             return false;
         }
-        const uint64_t nbytes = nbytes_remain();
-        if (size > nbytes) {
-            GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: string length %" PRIu64 " exceeds remaining file size %" PRIu64 " bytes\n", __func__, size, nbytes);
+        if (size > nbytes_remain) {
+            GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: string length %" PRIu64 " exceeds remaining file size %" PRIu64 " bytes\n", __func__, size, nbytes_remain);
             return false;
         }
         dst.resize(static_cast<size_t>(size));
-        return fread(dst.data(), 1, dst.length(), file) == dst.length();
+        const size_t nread = fread(dst.data(), 1, size, file);
+        nbytes_remain -= nread;
+        return nread == size;
     }
 
     bool read(void * dst, const size_t size) const {
-        return fread(dst, 1, size, file) == size;
+        if (size > nbytes_remain) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const size_t nread = fread(dst, 1, size, file);
+        nbytes_remain -= nread;
+        return nread == size;
     }
 
-    // remaining bytes in the file
-    uint64_t nbytes_remain() const {
-        const int64_t cur = gguf_ftell(file);
-        if (cur < 0) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        if (gguf_fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
-            gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
+private:
+    FILE * file;
 
-            return 0;
-        }
-        const int64_t end = gguf_ftell(file);
-        if (end < 0) {
-            gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
-
-            return 0;
-        }
-        gguf_fseek(file, cur, SEEK_SET);
-        return static_cast<uint64_t>(end - cur);
-    }
+    mutable uint64_t nbytes_remain;
 };
 
 struct gguf_context * gguf_init_empty(void) {