diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index 6027ca64..f82f72ca 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_graph_compute(
         struct ggml_metal_context * ctx,
                struct ggml_cgraph * gf) {
 
+    @autoreleasepool {
     MTLComputePassDescriptor * edesc = MTLComputePassDescriptor.computePassDescriptor;
     edesc.dispatchType = MTLDispatchTypeSerial;
 
@@ -2281,6 +2282,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_graph_compute(
         [[MTLCaptureManager sharedCaptureManager] stopCapture];
     }
 
+    }
     return true;
 }