diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 000d9db..8869e14 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -2272,6 +2272,11 @@ inline static float ggml_silu_f32(float x) {
     return x/(1.0f + expf(-x));
 }
 
+#if __FINITE_MATH_ONLY__
+#error "some routines in ggml.c require non-finite math arithmetics -- pass -fno-finite-math-only to the compiler to fix"
+#error "ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/7154#issuecomment-2143844461"
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON) && defined(__aarch64__)
 
 // adapted from arm limited optimized routine