diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index e32dd7a56a..9c01dabe69 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -1934,6 +1934,7 @@ struct ggml_vk_garbage_collector {
 static void ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context subctx);
 static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline requested = nullptr);
 static void ggml_pipeline_allocate_descriptor_sets(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx);
+static bool ggml_vk_intel_windows_driver_equals_or_newer_than(uint32_t driver_version, uint32_t threshold_major, uint32_t threshold_minor);
 
 static bool vk_memory_logger_enabled = false;
 
@@ -5552,8 +5553,11 @@ static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline requested) {
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_argmax_f32, "argmax_f32", argmax_f32_len, argmax_f32_data, "main", 2, sizeof(vk_op_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { device->subgroup_size }, 1);
 
     ggml_vk_create_pipeline(device, device->pipeline_sum_rows_f32, "sum_rows_f32", sum_rows_f32_len, sum_rows_f32_data, "main", 2, sizeof(vk_op_sum_rows_push_constants), {1, 1, 1}, { device->subgroup_size }, 1);
-    // Intel Arc B390 was observed segfaulting with this shader.
-    if (device->subgroup_basic && device->subgroup_shuffle && device->vendor_id != VK_VENDOR_ID_INTEL) {
+    // Intel Windows driver older than 32.0.101.8860 will crash when using fwht kernels on Xe2+ GPUS so we gate that here
+    const bool can_use_fwht = device->driver_id != vk::DriverId::eIntelProprietaryWindows ||
+        device->architecture != vk_device_architecture::INTEL_XE2 ||
+        (device->architecture == vk_device_architecture::INTEL_XE2 && ggml_vk_intel_windows_driver_equals_or_newer_than(device->properties.driverVersion, 101, 8860));
+    if (can_use_fwht && device->subgroup_basic && device->subgroup_shuffle) {
         int idx = 0;
         for (uint32_t n : {64, 128, 256, 512}) {
             if (device->subgroup_size <= n) {
@@ -5561,8 +5565,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline requested) {
             }
             ++idx;
         }
-    } else if (device->driver_id != vk::DriverId::eIntelProprietaryWindows) {
-        // Disabled on Intel Windows due to a driver bug: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23964#issuecomment-4598226147
+    } else if (can_use_fwht) {
         int idx = 0;
         for (uint32_t n : {64, 128, 256, 512}) {
             const uint32_t block_size = std::min(device->subgroup_size, n);
@@ -18466,6 +18469,22 @@ static uint32_t ggml_vk_intel_shader_core_count(const vk::PhysicalDevice& vkdev)
     }
 }
 
+static bool ggml_vk_intel_windows_driver_equals_or_newer_than(uint32_t driver_version, uint32_t threshold_major, uint32_t threshold_minor) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    // Intel Windows encodes xxx.yyyy as [31:14].[13:0].
+    const uint32_t major = driver_version >> 14;
+    const uint32_t minor = driver_version & 0x3fff;
+
+    return major > threshold_major || (major == threshold_major && minor >= threshold_minor);
+#else
+    GGML_UNUSED(driver_version);
+    GGML_UNUSED(threshold_major);
+    GGML_UNUSED(threshold_minor);
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 // checks
 
 #ifdef GGML_VULKAN_CHECK_RESULTS