From c515fc577166042234241c6bd0da9b08dcbe2bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georgi Gerganov <ggerganov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:22:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ggml : fix scalar path for computing norm (#16558)

---
 ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp
index b8e37052d3..43dc7537c3 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/vec.cpp
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ ggml_float ggml_vec_cvar_f32(const int n, float * y, const float * x, const floa
 #endif
     for (; i < n; ++i) {
         float val = x[i] - mean;
+        y[i] = val;
         val *= val;
         sum += (ggml_float)val;
-        y[i] = val;
     }
     return sum/n;
 }