diff --git a/src/llama-context.cpp b/src/llama-context.cpp
index 6ead26820..ef0032f01 100644
--- a/src/llama-context.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-context.cpp
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ llama_context::llama_context(
         // enabling pipeline parallelism in the scheduler increases memory usage, so it is only done when necessary
         bool pipeline_parallel =
             model.n_devices() > 1 &&
-            uint32_t(model.params.n_gpu_layers) > model.hparams.n_layer &&
-            model.params.split_mode == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER &&
+            model.n_gpu_layers() > model.hparams.n_layer &&
+            model.split_mode() == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER &&
             cparams.offload_kqv &&
             !model.has_tensor_overrides();
 
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ llm_graph_cb llama_context::graph_get_cb() const {
 
         // norm may be automatically assigned to the backend of the previous layer, increasing data transfer between backends
         // FIXME: fix in ggml_backend_sched
-        const bool full_offload = uint32_t(model.params.n_gpu_layers) > model.hparams.n_layer;
+        const bool full_offload = model.n_gpu_layers() > model.hparams.n_layer;
         if (ubatch.n_tokens < 32 || full_offload) {
             if (il != -1 && strcmp(name, "norm") == 0) {
                 const auto & dev_layer = model.dev_layer(il);
diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index e10309439..3c861a9e4 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
     const auto & tensor_split = params.tensor_split;
 
     const int n_layer      = hparams.n_layer;
-    const int n_gpu_layers = params.n_gpu_layers >= 0 ? params.n_gpu_layers : n_layer + 1;
+    const int n_gpu_layers = this->n_gpu_layers();
 
     const bool use_mmap_buffer = true;
 
@@ -6765,6 +6765,14 @@ size_t llama_model::n_devices() const {
     return devices.size();
 }
 
+uint32_t llama_model::n_gpu_layers() const {
+    return params.n_gpu_layers >= 0 ? params.n_gpu_layers : hparams.n_layer + 1;
+}
+
+llama_split_mode llama_model::split_mode() const {
+    return params.split_mode;
+}
+
 std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> llama_model::memory_breakdown() const {
     std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> ret;
     for (const auto & [ctx, bufs] : pimpl->ctxs_bufs) {
diff --git a/src/llama-model.h b/src/llama-model.h
index c6eb95318..b6c3e006d 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.h
+++ b/src/llama-model.h
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ struct llama_model {
     struct ggml_tensor * dense_2_out_layers = nullptr;
     struct ggml_tensor * dense_3_out_layers = nullptr;
 
-    llama_model_params params;
-
     // gguf metadata
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> gguf_kv;
 
@@ -494,6 +492,9 @@ struct llama_model {
     size_t n_tensors() const;
     size_t n_devices() const;
 
+    uint32_t n_gpu_layers() const;
+    llama_split_mode split_mode() const;
+
     std::map<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t, size_t> memory_breakdown() const;
 
     // total number of parameters in the model
@@ -522,6 +523,8 @@ struct llama_model {
     ggml_cgraph * build_graph(const llm_graph_params & params) const;
 
 private:
+    llama_model_params params;
+
     struct impl;
     std::unique_ptr<impl> pimpl;
 };