diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn.cpp
index 906d25417e..9b6938abf7 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/ggml-zdnn.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ static size_t ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_type_get_alignment(ggml_backend_buffer_ty
 }
 
 static bool ggml_backend_zdnn_buffer_type_is_host(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
-    return true;
+    /* while it resides in host memory, additional transformation is needed */
+    return false;
 
     GGML_UNUSED(buft);
 }