diff --git a/ggml_extend.hpp b/ggml_extend.hpp
index 02d82bc..c0e81c3 100644
--- a/ggml_extend.hpp
+++ b/ggml_extend.hpp
@@ -954,7 +954,16 @@ __STATIC_INLINE__ struct ggml_tensor* ggml_nn_linear(struct ggml_context* ctx,
     if (scale != 1.f) {
         x = ggml_scale(ctx, x, scale);
     }
-    x = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, w, x);
+    if (x->ne[2] * x->ne[3] > 1024) {
+        // workaround: avoid ggml cuda error
+        int64_t ne2 = x->ne[2];
+        int64_t ne3 = x->ne[3];
+        x = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, x, x->ne[0], x->ne[1]*x->ne[2]*x->ne[3]);
+        x = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, w, x);
+        x = ggml_reshape_4d(ctx, x, x->ne[0], x->ne[1]/ne2/ne3, ne2, ne3);
+    } else {
+        x = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, w, x);
+    }
     if (force_prec_f32) {
         ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(x, GGML_PREC_F32);
     }