diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index ebbb412e55f..2fd8d555d60 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -3114,7 +3114,11 @@ static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device) {
         rm_stdq = 2;
     uint32_t rm_iq = 2 * rm_kq;
 
-    const bool use_subgroups = device->subgroup_arithmetic && device->architecture != vk_device_architecture::AMD_GCN;
+    const bool amd_gcn_bad_subgroup_driver =
+        device->architecture == vk_device_architecture::AMD_GCN &&
+        (device->driver_id == vk::DriverId::eMesaRadv || device->driver_id == vk::DriverId::eAmdOpenSource);
+
+    const bool use_subgroups = device->subgroup_arithmetic && !amd_gcn_bad_subgroup_driver;
     // Ensure a subgroup size >= 16 is available
     const bool use_subgroups16 = use_subgroups && subgroup_min_size_16;