diff --git a/cmake/ggml.cmake b/cmake/ggml.cmake
index eafc7e2b..39d77eae 100644
--- a/cmake/ggml.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ggml.cmake
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ set_property(TARGET ${SD_LIB} PROPERTY SD_GGML_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR "${sd_ggml_pr
 
 if(SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML)
     target_compile_definitions(${SD_LIB} PUBLIC SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML)
-    message(WARNING "Using upstream GGML: FP8 and INT8 tensorwise/convrot are disabled. Some operators may be unsupported and performance may be lower than with patched GGML.")
+    message(WARNING "Using upstream GGML: INT8 tensorwise/convrot is disabled and FP8 weights are converted to F16 at load time. Some operators may be unsupported and performance may be lower than with patched GGML.")
 endif()
diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index a50ec9bf..655b28f4 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ Backend options such as `-DSD_CUDA=ON` apply to the selected tree as usual.
 
 `SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML` defaults to `OFF`, which enables the patched GGML
 extensions. Set it to `ON` when using upstream GGML; it selects the compatibility
-mode and does not download or replace the GGML source tree. Upstream mode
-disables FP8 and INT8 tensorwise/convrot and rejects their model files with an
-explicit error. FP8 weight type requests, tensor type rules and conversion
-outputs are also rejected; no automatic conversion is performed.
+mode and does not download or replace the GGML source tree. Upstream mode keeps
+the original FP8 safetensors handling: FP8 tensors are converted to F16 at load
+time (one byte per element in the file, two in RAM and VRAM). INT8
+tensorwise/convrot is disabled and its model files are rejected with an explicit
+error. FP8 GGUF files, FP8 weight type requests and tensor type rules are also
+rejected; no automatic conversion is performed.
 
 Upstream GGML may lack some operators and performance optimizations provided by
 the patched version. A warning is emitted during CMake configuration and when
diff --git a/docs/ideogram4.md b/docs/ideogram4.md
index 5a4650e4..003a02d5 100644
--- a/docs/ideogram4.md
+++ b/docs/ideogram4.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ at one byte per element in RAM and VRAM. Backends that cannot multiply FP8
 weights directly cast only the active layer to a temporary BF16 tensor during
 execution; the loader does not expand the entire checkpoint to BF16.
 
+With `SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML=ON`, FP8 tensors are converted to F16 at load time
+instead (two bytes per element in RAM and VRAM).
+
 Use `ideogram4_fp8.safetensors` and `ideogram4_uncond_fp8.safetensors` directly
 with `--diffusion-model` and `--uncond-diffusion-model`, respectively.
 
diff --git a/src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp b/src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp
index 28c55f3e..3e697423 100644
--- a/src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp
+++ b/src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ static ggml_type safetensors_dtype_to_ggml_type(const std::string& dtype) {
         ttype = GGML_TYPE_F32;
     } else if (dtype == "F64") {
         ttype = GGML_TYPE_F32;
-#ifndef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+    } else if (dtype == "F8_E4M3") {
+        ttype = GGML_TYPE_F16;
+    } else if (dtype == "F8_E5M2") {
+        ttype = GGML_TYPE_F16;
+#else
     } else if (dtype == "F8_E4M3") {
         ttype = GGML_TYPE_F8_E4M3;
     } else if (dtype == "F8_E5M2") {
@@ -287,12 +292,6 @@ bool read_safetensors_file(const std::string& file_path,
             continue;
         }
 
-#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
-        if (dtype == "F8_E4M3" || dtype == "F8_E5M2") {
-            set_error(error, "FP8 is not supported by this ggml build (tensor '" + name + "')");
-            return false;
-        }
-#endif
         ggml_type type = safetensors_dtype_to_ggml_type(dtype);
         if (type == GGML_TYPE_COUNT) {
             set_error(error, "unsupported dtype '" + dtype + "' (tensor '" + name + "')");
@@ -376,10 +375,20 @@ bool read_safetensors_file(const std::string& file_path,
         bool tensor_size_ok;
         if (dtype == "F8_E4M3") {
             tensor_storage.is_f8_e4m3 = true;
-            tensor_size_ok            = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size);
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+            // f8 -> f16
+            tensor_size_ok = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size * 2);
+#else
+            tensor_size_ok = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size);
+#endif
         } else if (dtype == "F8_E5M2") {
             tensor_storage.is_f8_e5m2 = true;
-            tensor_size_ok            = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size);
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+            // f8 -> f16
+            tensor_size_ok = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size * 2);
+#else
+            tensor_size_ok = (tensor_storage.nbytes() == tensor_data_size);
+#endif
         } else if (dtype == "F64") {
             tensor_storage.is_f64 = true;
             // f64 -> f32
diff --git a/src/model_io/tensor_storage.h b/src/model_io/tensor_storage.h
index 6d256284..1916d1f5 100644
--- a/src/model_io/tensor_storage.h
+++ b/src/model_io/tensor_storage.h
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ struct TensorStorage {
     int64_t nbytes_to_read() const {
         if (is_f64 || is_i64) {
             return nbytes() * 2;
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+        } else if (is_f8_e4m3 || is_f8_e5m2) {
+            return nbytes() / 2;
+#endif
         } else {
             return nbytes();
         }
diff --git a/src/model_loader.cpp b/src/model_loader.cpp
index 544582e6..aafdca05 100644
--- a/src/model_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/model_loader.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,66 @@
 
 /*================================================= Preprocess ==================================================*/
 
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+uint16_t f8_e4m3_to_f16(uint8_t f8) {
+    const uint32_t exponent_bias = 7;
+    if (f8 == 0xff) {
+        return ggml_fp32_to_fp16(-NAN);
+    } else if (f8 == 0x7f) {
+        return ggml_fp32_to_fp16(NAN);
+    }
+
+    uint32_t sign     = f8 & 0x80;
+    uint32_t exponent = (f8 & 0x78) >> 3;
+    uint32_t mantissa = f8 & 0x07;
+    uint32_t result   = sign << 24;
+    if (exponent == 0) {
+        if (mantissa > 0) {
+            exponent = 0x7f - exponent_bias;
+
+            // yes, 2 times
+            if ((mantissa & 0x04) == 0) {
+                mantissa &= 0x03;
+                mantissa <<= 1;
+                exponent -= 1;
+            }
+            if ((mantissa & 0x04) == 0) {
+                mantissa &= 0x03;
+                mantissa <<= 1;
+                exponent -= 1;
+            }
+
+            result |= (mantissa & 0x03) << 21;
+            result |= exponent << 23;
+        }
+    } else {
+        result |= mantissa << 20;
+        exponent += 0x7f - exponent_bias;
+        result |= exponent << 23;
+    }
+
+    return ggml_fp32_to_fp16(*reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&result));
+}
+
+uint16_t f8_e5m2_to_f16(uint8_t fp8) {
+    return static_cast<uint16_t>(fp8) << 8;
+}
+
+void f8_e4m3_to_f16_vec(uint8_t* src, uint16_t* dst, int64_t n) {
+    // support inplace op
+    for (int64_t i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        dst[i] = f8_e4m3_to_f16(src[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+void f8_e5m2_to_f16_vec(uint8_t* src, uint16_t* dst, int64_t n) {
+    // support inplace op
+    for (int64_t i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        dst[i] = f8_e5m2_to_f16(src[i]);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 void f64_to_f32_vec(double* src, float* dst, int64_t n) {
     // support inplace op
     for (int64_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -861,6 +921,10 @@ std::vector<MmapTensorStore> ModelLoader::mmap_tensors(std::map<std::string, ggm
 
             if (tensor_storage.is_f64 ||
                 tensor_storage.is_i64 ||
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+                tensor_storage.is_f8_e4m3 ||
+                tensor_storage.is_f8_e5m2 ||
+#endif
                 tensor_storage.type != dst_tensor->type) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -1150,6 +1214,12 @@ bool ModelLoader::load_tensors(on_new_tensor_cb_t on_new_tensor_cb,
                         f64_to_f32_vec((double*)read_buf, (float*)target_buf, tensor_storage.nelements());
                     } else if (tensor_storage.is_i64) {
                         i64_to_i32_vec((int64_t*)read_buf, (int32_t*)target_buf, tensor_storage.nelements());
+#ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
+                    } else if (tensor_storage.is_f8_e4m3) {
+                        f8_e4m3_to_f16_vec((uint8_t*)read_buf, (uint16_t*)target_buf, tensor_storage.nelements());
+                    } else if (tensor_storage.is_f8_e5m2) {
+                        f8_e5m2_to_f16_vec((uint8_t*)read_buf, (uint16_t*)target_buf, tensor_storage.nelements());
+#endif
                     }
                     if (tensor_storage.type != dst_tensor->type) {
                         if (convert_buf == nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/model_loader_files.cpp b/src/model_loader_files.cpp
index 181b619a..f7f1cb37 100644
--- a/src/model_loader_files.cpp
+++ b/src/model_loader_files.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ bool ModelLoader::add_file_impl(const std::string& path, const std::string& pref
         }
         if (tensor.index_in_zip < 0) {
             const auto& stamp = physical_files[tensor.file_index];
-            if (tensor.offset > stamp.size || elements / block_size * type_size > stamp.size - tensor.offset) {
+            if (tensor.offset > stamp.size || static_cast<uint64_t>(tensor.nbytes_to_read()) > stamp.size - tensor.offset) { //kcpp int8 fp8
                 LOG_ERROR("tensor '%s' extends beyond its model file", tensor.name.c_str());
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp b/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
index d9ccc4ab..f8f038f7 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/pipeline/diffusion_engine.cpp
@@ -860,8 +860,9 @@ bool StableDiffusionGGML::init_model_loader(ModelLoader& model_loader, ModelConf
 bool StableDiffusionGGML::init(const sd_ctx_params_t* sd_ctx_params) {
 #ifdef SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML
     LOG_WARN(
-        "Using upstream GGML: FP8 and INT8 tensorwise/convrot are disabled. "
-        "Some operators may be unsupported and performance may be lower than with patched GGML.");
+        "Using upstream GGML: INT8 tensorwise/convrot is disabled and FP8 weights are "
+        "converted to F16 at load time. Some operators may be unsupported and performance "
+        "may be lower than with patched GGML.");
 #endif
     if (!validate_tensor_types(sd_ctx_params->wtype, sd_ctx_params->tensor_type_rules)) {
         return false;