diff --git a/conversion/qwen3tts.py b/conversion/qwen3tts.py
index 1f6b9a1b0..2c35799f7 100644
--- a/conversion/qwen3tts.py
+++ b/conversion/qwen3tts.py
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ class Qwen3TTSSpeakerEncoderModel(MmprojModel):
         # ConvTranspose1d kernels: only F16/F32 are implemented, no BF16
         if new_name.endswith(".conv.weight") and (".up.blk." in new_name or ".dac.blk." in new_name):
             return gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F32
+        # the code predictor FFN intermediate peaks around 1.5e5, above the F16 range, and mul_mat
+        # casts its input to the weight type
+        if new_name.startswith("a.gen.code.blk.") and new_name.endswith(".ffn_down.weight"):
+            return gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F32
         return super().tensor_force_quant(name, new_name, bid, n_dims)
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tools/mtmd/clip.cpp b/tools/mtmd/clip.cpp
index 90de19575..46f0437a7 100644
--- a/tools/mtmd/clip.cpp
+++ b/tools/mtmd/clip.cpp
@@ -2988,9 +2988,9 @@ struct clip_model_loader {
                 } break;
             case PROJECTOR_TYPE_QWEN3TTS_GEN:
                 {
-                    // code_predictor
-                    model.gen_code_proj_in_w = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_PROJ_IN, "weight"));
-                    model.gen_code_proj_in_b = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_PROJ_IN, "bias"));
+                    // code_predictor, proj_in is absent when the talker and the predictor share the hidden size
+                    model.gen_code_proj_in_w = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_PROJ_IN, "weight"), false);
+                    model.gen_code_proj_in_b = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_PROJ_IN, "bias"),   false);
                     model.gen_code_embd_w     = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_EMBD,     "weight"));
                     model.gen_code_head_w     = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_HEAD,     "weight"));
                     model.gen_code_out_embd_w = get_tensor(string_format(TN_A_GEN_CODE_OUT_EMBD, "weight"));