diff --git a/convert/reader_safetensors.go b/convert/reader_safetensors.go
index 7f029f933..eea0de2f5 100644
--- a/convert/reader_safetensors.go
+++ b/convert/reader_safetensors.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ type safetensor struct {
 
 func (st safetensor) Kind() uint32 {
 	kind := st.tensorBase.Kind()
-	if st.dtype == "BF16" && kind != tensorKindFP32 {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(st.name, "v.") && st.dtype == "BF16" && kind != tensorKindFP32 {
 		kind = tensorKindBF16
 	}
 
diff --git a/convert/reader_test.go b/convert/reader_test.go
index 6dbe32a51..c3d094f10 100644
--- a/convert/reader_test.go
+++ b/convert/reader_test.go
@@ -230,3 +230,65 @@ func TestSafetensors(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSafetensorKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		st       safetensor
+		expected uint32
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "BF16 dtype with non-v. prefix and non-FP32 base kind should return BF16",
+			st: safetensor{
+				tensorBase: &tensorBase{
+					name:  "weight.matrix",
+					shape: []uint64{10, 10}, // will default to FP16
+				},
+				dtype: "BF16",
+			},
+			expected: tensorKindBF16,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "BF16 dtype with v. prefix should return base kind",
+			st: safetensor{
+				tensorBase: &tensorBase{
+					name:  "v.weight.matrix",
+					shape: []uint64{10, 10}, // will default to FP16
+				},
+				dtype: "BF16",
+			},
+			expected: tensorKindFP16,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "BF16 dtype with FP32 base kind should return FP32",
+			st: safetensor{
+				tensorBase: &tensorBase{
+					name:  "weight.matrix",
+					shape: []uint64{10}, // will default to FP32
+				},
+				dtype: "BF16",
+			},
+			expected: tensorKindFP32,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Non-BF16 dtype should return base kind",
+			st: safetensor{
+				tensorBase: &tensorBase{
+					name:  "weight.matrix",
+					shape: []uint64{10, 10}, // will default to FP16
+				},
+				dtype: "FP16",
+			},
+			expected: tensorKindFP16,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := tt.st.Kind()
+			if result != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("Kind() = %d, expected %d", result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}