diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/q_8w_linear.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/q_8w_linear.glsl
index 36b9c24317e..ecfb44d431e 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/q_8w_linear.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/q_8w_linear.glsl
@@ -91,27 +91,23 @@ void main() {
 
 #extension GL_EXT_shader_explicit_arithmetic_types_int16 : require
 
-VEC4_T q_8w_linear(const ivec3 out_pos, const int K) {
-  u16vec3 mat1_pos = u16vec3(0, out_pos.yz);
-  u16vec3 qmat2_pos = u16vec3(0, out_pos.x * 4, 0);
+VEC4_T q_8w_linear(const u16vec3 out_pos, const uint16_t K) {
+  const uint16_t qmat2_pos_y = out_pos.x * uint16_t(4);
 
   VEC4_T outtex = VEC4_T(0);
 
   const u16vec3 scales_pos = u16vec3(out_pos.x, 0, 0);
   const VEC4_T scales = load_texel(t_scales, scales_pos);
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < K; i += 4) {
-    const VEC4_T mat1_tex = load_texel(t_mat1, mat1_pos);
+  for (uint16_t i = uint16_t(0), x = uint16_t(0); i < K; i += uint16_t(4), x++) {
+    const VEC4_T mat1_tex = load_texel(t_mat1, u16vec3(x, out_pos.yz));
     const VEC4_T sums = VEC4_T(
-        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, qmat2_pos)),
-        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, qmat2_pos + u16vec3(0, 1, 0))),
-        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, qmat2_pos + u16vec3(0, 2, 0))),
-        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, qmat2_pos + u16vec3(0, 3, 0))));
+        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, u16vec3(x, qmat2_pos_y, 0))),
+        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, u16vec3(x, qmat2_pos_y + uint16_t(1), 0))),
+        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, u16vec3(x, qmat2_pos_y + uint16_t(2), 0))),
+        dot(mat1_tex, load_texel(t_qmat2, u16vec3(x, qmat2_pos_y + uint16_t(3), 0))));
 
     outtex += sums;
-
-    mat1_pos.x++;
-    qmat2_pos.x++;
   }
 
   outtex *= scales;
@@ -120,12 +116,12 @@ VEC4_T q_8w_linear(const ivec3 out_pos, const int K) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-  const ivec3 out_pos = ivec3(gl_GlobalInvocationID);
+  const u16vec3 out_pos = u16vec3(gl_GlobalInvocationID);
   if (any(greaterThanEqual(out_pos, out_limits))) {
     return;
   }
 
-  VEC4_T outtex = q_8w_linear(out_pos, mat1_sizes.x);
+  VEC4_T outtex = q_8w_linear(out_pos, uint16_t(mat1_sizes.x));
   write_texel(t_out, out_pos, outtex);
 }