diff --git a/fs/ggml/gguf.go b/fs/ggml/gguf.go
index 028785148..8e75625e0 100644
--- a/fs/ggml/gguf.go
+++ b/fs/ggml/gguf.go
@@ -650,9 +650,5 @@ func ggufWriteTensorInfo(ws io.WriteSeeker, t *Tensor) error {
 }
 
 func ggufPadding(offset, align int64) int64 {
-	// if we already fit perfectly onto a 16 byte boundary, don't bother padding
-	if ((align-offset%align)%align)%16 == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
 	return (align - offset%align) % align
 }