diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index bdbd128004332..4fa78a4273d82 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -255,8 +255,9 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __ARM_NEON
-    // we use the built-in 16-bit float type
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON) && defined(__CUDACC__)
+    typedef half ggml_fp16_t;
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
     typedef __fp16 ggml_fp16_t;
 #else
     typedef uint16_t ggml_fp16_t;