diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 4530cb1079..9e7c58b167 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,14 @@ static void llama_tensor_dequantize_impl(
     workers.clear();
 }
 
-static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type new_type, const ggml_tensor * tensor, llama_ftype ftype, bool update_stats) {
+// internal logic for selecting the target tensor type for a given quantization
+// and model arch
+static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(
+            quantize_state_impl & qs,
+                      ggml_type   new_type,
+              const ggml_tensor * tensor,
+              const llama_ftype   ftype
+) {
     const std::string name = ggml_get_name(tensor);
 
     // TODO: avoid hardcoded tensor names - use the TN_* constants
@@ -257,9 +264,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
         if (name.find("attn_v.weight") != std::string::npos) {
             if (qs.model.hparams.n_gqa() >= 4 || qs.model.hparams.n_expert >= 4) new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
             else new_type = ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M ? GGML_TYPE_IQ3_S : GGML_TYPE_Q2_K;
-            if (update_stats) {
-                ++qs.i_attention_wv;
-            }
         }
         else if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert == 8 && name.find("attn_k.weight") != std::string::npos) {
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q4_K;
@@ -268,9 +272,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
             if (qs.i_ffn_down < qs.n_ffn_down/8) {
                 new_type = ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_S || ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M ? GGML_TYPE_IQ3_S : GGML_TYPE_Q2_K;
             }
-            if (update_stats) {
-                ++qs.i_ffn_down;
-            }
         }
         else if (name.find("attn_output.weight") != std::string::npos) {
             if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert == 8) {
@@ -317,9 +318,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
             // TODO: explore better strategies
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_Q8_0;
         }
-        if (update_stats) {
-            ++qs.i_attention_wv;
-        }
     } else if (name.find("attn_k.weight") != std::string::npos) {
         if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert == 8) {
             // for the 8-expert model, bumping this to Q8_0 trades just ~128MB
@@ -383,9 +381,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
             // same quantization as before imatrix stuff, and b) Q4_1/Q5_1 do go crazy on ffn_down without an imatrix.
             new_type = ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q4_0 ? GGML_TYPE_Q4_1 : GGML_TYPE_Q5_1;
         }
-        if (update_stats) {
-            ++qs.i_ffn_down;
-        }
     } else if (name.find("attn_output.weight") != std::string::npos) {
         if (arch != LLM_ARCH_FALCON) {
             if (qs.model.hparams.n_expert == 8) {
@@ -419,9 +414,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
         if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XS && (i_layer >= n_layer/8 && i_layer < 7*n_layer/8)) {
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS;
         }
-        if (update_stats) {
-            ++qs.i_ffn_gate;
-        }
     }
     else if (name.find("ffn_up") != std::string::npos) {
         auto info = layer_info(qs.i_ffn_up, qs.n_ffn_up, name.c_str());
@@ -429,23 +421,17 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type_impl(quantize_state_impl & qs, ggml_type
         if (ftype == LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XS && (i_layer >= n_layer/8 && i_layer < 7*n_layer/8)) {
             new_type = GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS;
         }
-        if (update_stats) {
-            ++qs.i_ffn_up;
-        }
     }
 
     return new_type;
 }
 
-// determine the ggml_type that this tensor should be quantized to.
-//
-// `qs` statistics will only be updated if the `update_stats` parameter is true.
+// determine the ggml_type that this tensor should be quantized to
 static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(
                   quantize_state_impl & qs,
     const llama_model_quantize_params * params,
                     const ggml_tensor * tensor,
-                            ggml_type   default_type,
-                                 bool   update_stats
+                      const ggml_type   default_type
 ) {
     ggml_type new_type = default_type;
     // get more optimal quantization type based on the tensor shape, layer, etc.
@@ -470,7 +456,7 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(
 
         // if not manual - use the standard logic for choosing the quantization type based on the selected mixture
         if (!manual) {
-            new_type = llama_tensor_get_type_impl(qs, new_type, tensor, params->ftype, update_stats);
+            new_type = llama_tensor_get_type_impl(qs, new_type, tensor, params->ftype);
         }
 
         // incompatible tensor shapes are handled here - fallback to a compatible type
@@ -484,10 +470,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(
             if (nx % qk_k != 0) {
                 LLAMA_LOG_WARN("\n\n%s : tensor cols %" PRId64 " x %" PRId64 " are not divisible by %" PRId64 ", required for %s", __func__, nx, ny, qk_k, ggml_type_name(new_type));
                 convert_incompatible_tensor = true;
-            } else {
-                if (update_stats) {
-                    ++qs.n_k_quantized;
-                }
             }
 
             if (convert_incompatible_tensor) {
@@ -512,10 +494,6 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(
                 if (tensor->ne[0] % ggml_blck_size(new_type) != 0) {
                     new_type = GGML_TYPE_F16;
                 }
-                if (update_stats) {
-                    LLAMA_LOG_WARN(" - using fallback quantization %s\n", ggml_type_name(new_type));
-                    ++qs.n_fallback;
-                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -528,6 +506,20 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(
     return new_type;
 }
 
+// update internal quantization state statistics based on the tensor name
+static void llama_tensor_update_stats(quantize_state_impl & qs, const std::string & name) {
+    if (name.find("attn_v.weight") != std::string::npos ||
+        name.find("attn_kv_b.weight") != std::string::npos) {
+        ++qs.i_attention_wv;
+    } else if (name.find("ffn_down") != std::string::npos) {
+        ++qs.i_ffn_down;
+    } else if (name.find("ffn_gate") != std::string::npos) {
+        ++qs.i_ffn_gate;
+    } else if (name.find("ffn_up") != std::string::npos) {
+        ++qs.i_ffn_up;
+    }
+}
+
 static size_t llama_tensor_quantize_impl(enum ggml_type new_type, const float * f32_data, void * new_data, const int64_t chunk_size, int64_t nrows, int64_t n_per_row, const float * imatrix, std::vector<std::thread> & workers, const int nthread) {
     if (nthread < 2) {
         // single-thread
@@ -869,7 +861,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
         }
         gguf_add_tensor(ctx_outs[i_split].get(), tensor);
 
-        ggml_type target_type = llama_tensor_get_type(qs, params, tensor, default_type, false);
+        ggml_type target_type = llama_tensor_get_type(qs, params, tensor, default_type);
 
         if (!params->imatrix &&
             tensor_allows_quantization(params, model.arch, tensor) &&
@@ -975,12 +967,14 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
 
         // if so, what will be the target type?
         if (do_quantize) {
-            new_type = llama_tensor_get_type(qs, params, tensor, default_type, true);
+            new_type = llama_tensor_get_type(qs, params, tensor, default_type);
             // If we've decided to quantize to the same type the tensor is already
             // in then there's nothing to do.
             do_quantize = tensor->type != new_type;
         }
 
+        llama_tensor_update_stats(qs, name);
+
         void * new_data;
         size_t new_size;