diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
index 761b7f9c664d..b51214360feb 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -3540,6 +3540,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat_batched_sycl(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, cons
                                                 " : converting src1 to fp16");
 
 #if GGML_SYCL_DNNL
+        if (g_ggml_sycl_enable_dnn) {
         // iterate tensor dims and find the slowest moving dim and stride
         int last_dim=0;
         int last_str=0;
@@ -3565,13 +3566,15 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat_batched_sycl(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, cons
         const to_fp16_sycl_t to_fp16_sycl = ggml_get_to_fp16_sycl(src1->type, dst);
         GGML_ASSERT(to_fp16_sycl != nullptr);
         to_fp16_sycl(src1_f16, src1_f16_alloc.get(), ne_src1, queue);
-# else
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
         const int64_t ne_src1 = ggml_nelements(src1);
         src1_f16_alloc.alloc(ne_src1);
         const to_fp16_nc_sycl_t to_fp16_nc_sycl = ggml_get_to_fp16_nc_sycl(src1->type);
         GGML_ASSERT(to_fp16_nc_sycl != nullptr);
         to_fp16_nc_sycl(src1_f16, src1_f16_alloc.get(), ne10, ne11, ne12, ne13, s11, s12, s13, queue);
-#endif
+        }
 
         src1_f16 = src1_f16_alloc.get();
         s11      = ne10;