diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/conv2d-dw.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/conv2d-dw.cpp
index 0a52b7917..8755a4c95 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/conv2d-dw.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/conv2d-dw.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ struct dw_cwhn_layout {
     }
 };
 
-template <typename Layout>
-static void conv2d_dw_kernel(const float * input, const float * kernel, float * output,
+template <typename KernelT, typename Layout>
+static void conv2d_dw_kernel(const float * input, const KernelT * kernel, float * output,
                              const conv2d_dw_params p, const sycl::nd_item<3> & item_ct1) {
     const int global_idx     = item_ct1.get_local_id(2) +
                                item_ct1.get_group(2) * item_ct1.get_local_range(2);
@@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ static void conv2d_dw_kernel(const float * input, const float * kernel, float *
         for (int kx = bounds.x_min; kx < bounds.x_max; ++kx) {
             const int in_x = dw_calculate_input_coord(out_x, kx, p.stride_x, p.dilation_x, p.padding_x);
             acc += input[Layout::input_index(n, c, in_y, in_x, p)] *
-                   kernel[Layout::kernel_index(c, ky, kx, p)];
+                   static_cast<float>(kernel[Layout::kernel_index(c, ky, kx, p)]);
         }
     }
 
     output[Layout::output_index(n, c, out_y, out_x, p)] = acc;
 }
 
-template <typename Layout>
-static void conv2d_dw_sycl(const float * x_d, const float * w_d, float * y_d,
+template <typename KernelT, typename Layout>
+static void conv2d_dw_sycl(const float * x_d, const KernelT * w_d, float * y_d,
                             const conv2d_dw_params p, const queue_ptr & stream) {
     const int total      = p.batches * p.channels * p.out_h * p.out_w;
     const int num_blocks = (total + SYCL_CONV2D_DW_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / SYCL_CONV2D_DW_BLOCK_SIZE;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void conv2d_dw_sycl(const float * x_d, const float * w_d, float * y_d,
     const sycl::range<3> block_nums(1, 1, num_blocks);
     stream->parallel_for(sycl::nd_range<3>(block_nums * block_dims, block_dims),
         [=](sycl::nd_item<3> item_ct1) {
-            conv2d_dw_kernel<Layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, p, item_ct1);
+            conv2d_dw_kernel<KernelT, Layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, p, item_ct1);
         });
 }
 
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ void ggml_sycl_op_conv2d_dw(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst)
     const ggml_tensor * kernel = dst->src[0];
     const ggml_tensor * input  = dst->src[1];
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(kernel->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && input->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT((kernel->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || kernel->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) &&
+                input->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
 
-    const float * w_d = (const float *) kernel->data;
     const float * x_d = (const float *) input->data;
     float *       y_d = (float *) dst->data;
 
@@ -148,11 +148,23 @@ void ggml_sycl_op_conv2d_dw(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst)
 
     const queue_ptr stream = ctx.stream();
 
-    if (ggml_is_contiguous(input)) {
-        conv2d_dw_sycl<dw_whcn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
-    } else if (ggml_is_contiguous_channels(input)) {
-        conv2d_dw_sycl<dw_cwhn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
+    if (kernel->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
+        const sycl::half * w_d = (const sycl::half *) kernel->data;
+        if (ggml_is_contiguous(input)) {
+            conv2d_dw_sycl<sycl::half, dw_whcn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
+        } else if (ggml_is_contiguous_channels(input)) {
+            conv2d_dw_sycl<sycl::half, dw_cwhn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
+        } else {
+            GGML_ABORT("Unsupported memory layout for conv2d_dw");
+        }
     } else {
-        GGML_ABORT("Unsupported memory layout for conv2d_dw");
+        const float * w_d = (const float *) kernel->data;
+        if (ggml_is_contiguous(input)) {
+            conv2d_dw_sycl<float, dw_whcn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
+        } else if (ggml_is_contiguous_channels(input)) {
+            conv2d_dw_sycl<float, dw_cwhn_layout>(x_d, w_d, y_d, params, stream);
+        } else {
+            GGML_ABORT("Unsupported memory layout for conv2d_dw");
+        }
     }
 }