diff --git a/tools/mtmd/models/gemma4v.cpp b/tools/mtmd/models/gemma4v.cpp
index 4068a08aaf9..3570d6da135 100644
--- a/tools/mtmd/models/gemma4v.cpp
+++ b/tools/mtmd/models/gemma4v.cpp
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ ggml_cgraph * clip_graph_gemma4v::build() {
     }
 
     // Gemma4MultimodalEmbedder
-    cur = build_mm(model.mm_input_proj_w, cur);
-    cb(cur, "projected", -1);
-
-    // embedding_post_projection_norm
-    cur = ggml_rms_norm(ctx0, cur, hparams.eps);
-    cb(cur, "projected_normed", -1);
+    {
+        // embedding_pre_projection_norm
+        cur = ggml_rms_norm(ctx0, cur, hparams.eps);
+        cur = build_mm(model.mm_input_proj_w, cur);
+        cb(cur, "projected", -1);
+    }
 
     ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, cur);
     return gf;