diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index f9da45881e9df..a877145e82b49 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -1079,7 +1079,8 @@ static vk_buffer ggml_vk_create_buffer_device(vk_device& device, size_t size) {
             // Fall back to host memory type
             buf = ggml_vk_create_buffer(device, size, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCoherent);
         } else {
-            buf = ggml_vk_create_buffer(device, size, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
+            // use rebar if available, otherwise fallback to device only visible memory
+            buf = ggml_vk_create_buffer(device, size, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible | vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCoherent, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
         }
     } catch (const vk::SystemError& e) {
         std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: Device memory allocation of size " << size << " failed." << std::endl;
@@ -2806,7 +2807,11 @@ static void ggml_vk_buffer_read_async(vk_context subctx, vk_buffer& src, size_t
 
 static void ggml_vk_buffer_read(vk_buffer& src, size_t offset, void * dst, size_t size) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_buffer_read(" << src->buffer << ", " << offset << ", " << size << ")");
-    if(src->memory_property_flags & vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible) {
+
+    // If the device is not an UMA device the memory is host-accessible through rebar. While writing
+    // through PCIe is sufficient fast reading back data from PCIe is slower than going through
+    // the HW device to host copy path.
+    if(src->memory_property_flags & vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostVisible && src->device->uma) {
         GGML_ASSERT(src->memory_property_flags & vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eHostCoherent);
 
         memcpy(dst, (uint8_t *) src->ptr + offset, size);