diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
index 694202d7f78e..0bd1defc3b72 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ol/ollama/package.nix
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ goBuild {
     # replace inaccurate version number with actual release version
     substituteInPlace version/version.go --replace-fail 0.0.0 '${version}'
 
-    # apply llama.cpp patches
-    for cur in llm/patches/*; do patch -p1 -d llm/llama.cpp < $cur; done
+    # apply ollama's patches to `llama.cpp` submodule
+    for diff in llm/patches/*; do
+      patch -p1 -d llm/llama.cpp < $diff
+    done
   '';
 
   overrideModAttrs = (