diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index 5260ed827..c1d8e2de8 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_graph_compute(
         struct ggml_metal_context * ctx,
                struct ggml_cgraph * gf) {
 
+    @autoreleasepool {
     MTLComputePassDescriptor * edesc = MTLComputePassDescriptor.computePassDescriptor;
     edesc.dispatchType = MTLDispatchTypeSerial;
 
@@ -2272,6 +2273,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_graph_compute(
         [[MTLCaptureManager sharedCaptureManager] stopCapture];
     }
 
+    }
     return true;
 }