diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/gated_delta_net_chunk_inter.comp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/gated_delta_net_chunk_inter.comp
index 8ebed83b20..2ed8260c76 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/gated_delta_net_chunk_inter.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/gated_delta_net_chunk_inter.comp
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ void main() {
 
         for (uint t = 0; t < chunk_len; t++) {
             s_w[col] = w_in[wu_base + t * S_V + col];
+
+            const float g_cumsum_t = gcum_in[gcum_base + t];
+            const float decay_factor = exp(g_total - g_cumsum_t);
+            const uint t_global = chunk_start + t;
+            const uint k_off = iq3 * sq3 + t_global * sq2 + iq1 * sq1;
+            s_kg[col] = k_in[k_off + col] * decay_factor;
             barrier();
 
             float ws = 0.0;
@@ -87,15 +93,6 @@ void main() {
             float vnew = u_in[wu_base + t * S_V + col] - ws;
             vnew_out[wu_base + t * S_V + col] = vnew;
 
-            // K_gated[t] = k[t] * exp(g_total - g_cumsum[t])
-            float g_cumsum_t = gcum_in[gcum_base + t];
-            float decay_factor = exp(g_total - g_cumsum_t);
-
-            const uint t_global = chunk_start + t;
-            const uint k_off = iq3 * sq3 + t_global * sq2 + iq1 * sq1;
-            s_kg[col] = k_in[k_off + col] * decay_factor;
-            barrier();
-
             [[unroll]] for (uint i = 0; i < S_V; i++) {
                 delta[i] += s_kg[i] * vnew;
             }