diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
index 7a85edbdcdb84..689bfb5d11a36 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
@@ -1970,7 +1970,9 @@ size_t ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_extra_pad(const ggml_tensor * op) {
     const bool has_mask = op->src[3] != nullptr;
 
     if (ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_use_vec(op)) {
-        const bool has_kvpad = ne11 % OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_NCPSG != 0;
+        // note: always reserve the padding space to avoid graph reallocations
+        //const bool has_kvpad = ne11 % OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_NCPSG != 0;
+        const bool has_kvpad = true;
 
         if (has_kvpad) {
             res += OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_NCPSG*(
@@ -1979,7 +1981,8 @@ size_t ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_extra_pad(const ggml_tensor * op) {
                 (has_mask ? ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F16)*ne31*ne32*ne33 : 0));
         }
     } else {
-        const bool has_kvpad = ne11 % OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_NCPSG != 0;
+        //const bool has_kvpad = ne11 % OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_NCPSG != 0;
+        const bool has_kvpad = true;
 
         if (has_kvpad) {
             res += OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_NCPSG*(
@@ -2015,9 +2018,10 @@ size_t ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_extra_blk(const ggml_tensor * op) {
     const bool is_vec = ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_use_vec(op);
 
     // this optimization is not useful for the vector kernels
-    if (is_vec) {
-        return res;
-    }
+    // note: always reserve the blk buffer to avoid graph reallocations
+    //if (is_vec) {
+    //    return res;
+    //}
 
     const int nqptg = is_vec ? OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_NQPTG : OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_NQPTG;
     const int ncpsg = is_vec ? OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_NCPSG : OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_NCPSG;
@@ -2044,13 +2048,16 @@ size_t ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_extra_tmp(const ggml_tensor * op) {
 
     size_t res = 0;
 
-    if (ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_use_vec(op)) {
+    // note: always reserve the temp buffer to avoid graph reallocations
+    //if (ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext_use_vec(op)) {
+    if (true) {
         const int64_t nwg = 32;
+        const int64_t ne01_max = std::min(ne01, 32);
 
         // temp buffer for writing the results from each workgroup
         // - ne20: the size of the Value head
         // -  + 2: the S and M values for each intermediate result
-        res += ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)*(ne01*ne02*ne03*nwg*(ne20 + 2));
+        res += ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)*(ne01_max*ne02*ne03*nwg*(ne20 + 2));
     }
 
     return res;