diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp
index 097c65fca7eb..62085e125aee 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-openvino/ggml-openvino.cpp
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ static bool is_supported_flash_attn_pattern(const ggml_tensor * op) {
     //   PERMUTE -> VIEW  -> base (view_src==nullptr)   (llama KV-cache path)
     //   PERMUTE -> RESHAPE -> base (view_src==nullptr)  (whisper Q)
     //   VIEW -> base (view_src==nullptr)                (whisper K/V from kv_pad)
+    //   PERMUTE -> VIEW -> RESHAPE -> base              (Q of a layer without RoPE, e.g. SmolLM3)
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
         const ggml_tensor * src = op->src[i];
         if (src->op == GGML_OP_PERMUTE) {
@@ -1339,7 +1340,11 @@ static bool is_supported_flash_attn_pattern(const ggml_tensor * op) {
             if (src->src[0]->op != GGML_OP_VIEW && src->src[0]->op != GGML_OP_RESHAPE) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if (src->src[0]->src[0] == nullptr || src->src[0]->src[0]->view_src != nullptr) {
+            const ggml_tensor * base = src->src[0]->src[0];
+            if (base != nullptr && src->src[0]->op == GGML_OP_VIEW && base->op == GGML_OP_RESHAPE) {
+                base = base->src[0];
+            }
+            if (base == nullptr || base->view_src != nullptr) {
                 return false;
             }
         } else if (src->op == GGML_OP_VIEW) {