diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/im2col.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/im2col.cu
index 5bb85b480..73b981334 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/im2col.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/im2col.cu
@@ -1,65 +1,75 @@
 #include "im2col.cuh"
 
+#define MIN(a, b) (a) < (b) ? (a) : (b)
+
+#define MAX_GRIDDIM_Z 65535
+
 template <typename T>
 static  __global__ void im2col_kernel(
-        const float * x, T * dst, int64_t batch_offset,
-        int64_t offset_delta, int64_t IC, int64_t IW, int64_t IH, int64_t OH, int64_t OW, int64_t KW, int64_t KH, int64_t pelements, int64_t CHW,
+        const float * x, T * dst,
+        int64_t IC, int64_t IW, int64_t IH, int64_t OH, int64_t OW, int64_t KW, int64_t KH,
+        int64_t IC_IH_IW, int64_t IH_IW, int64_t N_OH, int64_t KH_KW, int64_t IC_KH_KW,
         int s0, int s1, int p0, int p1, int d0, int d1) {
     const int64_t i = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
-    if (i >= pelements) {
+    if (i >= IC_KH_KW) {
         return;
     }
 
-    const int64_t  ksize = OW * KH;
-    const int64_t  kx = i / ksize;
-    const int64_t  kd = kx * ksize;
-    const int64_t  ky = (i - kd) / OW;
-    const int64_t  ix = i % OW;
+    const int64_t iic = i / (KH_KW);
+    const int64_t rem = i - iic * KH_KW;
+    const int64_t ikh = rem / KW;
+    const int64_t ikw = rem - ikh * KW;
 
-    const int64_t  oh = blockIdx.y;
-    const int64_t  batch = blockIdx.z / IC;
-    const int64_t  ic = blockIdx.z % IC;
+    const int64_t  iow = blockIdx.y;
+    for (int64_t iz = blockIdx.z; iz < N_OH; iz+=MAX_GRIDDIM_Z) {
+        const int64_t  in = iz / OH;
+        const int64_t  ioh = iz - in * OH;
 
-    const int64_t iiw = ix * s0 + kx * d0 - p0;
-    const int64_t iih = oh * s1 + ky * d1 - p1;
+        const int64_t iiw = iow * s0 + ikw * d0 - p0;
+        const int64_t iih = ioh * s1 + ikh * d1 - p1;
 
-    const int64_t offset_dst =
-        ((batch * OH + oh) * OW + ix) * CHW +
-        (ic * (KW * KH) + ky * KW + kx);
+        const int64_t offset_dst =
+            ((in * OH + ioh) * OW + iow) * IC_KH_KW + iic * KH_KW + ikh * KW + ikw;
 
-    if (iih < 0 || iih >= IH || iiw < 0 || iiw >= IW) {
-        dst[offset_dst] = 0.0f;
-    } else {
-        const int64_t offset_src = ic * offset_delta + batch * batch_offset;
-        dst[offset_dst] = x[offset_src + iih * IW + iiw];
+        if (iih < 0 || iih >= IH || iiw < 0 || iiw >= IW) {
+            dst[offset_dst] = 0.0f;
+        } else {
+            const int64_t offset_src = iic * IC_IH_IW + in * IH_IW;
+            dst[offset_dst] = x[offset_src + iih * IW + iiw];
+        }
     }
 }
 
+// im2col: [N, IC, IH, IW] => [N, OH, OW, IC*KH*KW]
 template <typename T>
 static void im2col_cuda(const float * x, T* dst,
     int64_t IW, int64_t IH, int64_t OW, int64_t OH, int64_t KW, int64_t KH, int64_t IC,
-    int64_t batch, int64_t batch_offset, int64_t offset_delta,
+    int64_t N, int64_t IC_IH_IW, int64_t IH_IW,
     int s0,int s1,int p0,int p1,int d0,int d1, cudaStream_t stream) {
-    const int parallel_elements = OW * KW * KH;
-    const int num_blocks = (parallel_elements + CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE;
-    dim3 block_nums(num_blocks, OH, batch * IC);
-    im2col_kernel<<<block_nums, CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE, 0, stream>>>(x, dst, batch_offset, offset_delta, IC, IW, IH, OH, OW, KW, KH, parallel_elements, (IC * KH * KW), s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1);
+    const int64_t IC_KH_KW = IC * KH * KW;
+    const int64_t num_blocks = (IC_KH_KW + CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE;
+    const int64_t N_OH = N * OH;
+    const int64_t KH_KW = KW*KH;
+    dim3 block_nums(num_blocks, OW, MIN(N_OH, MAX_GRIDDIM_Z));
+    im2col_kernel<<<block_nums, MIN(IC_KH_KW, CUDA_IM2COL_BLOCK_SIZE) , 0, stream>>>(x, dst, IC, IW, IH, OH, OW, KW, KH,
+                                                                                     IC_IH_IW, IH_IW, N_OH, KH_KW, IC_KH_KW,
+                                                                                     s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1);
 }
 
 static void im2col_cuda_f16(const float * x, half * dst,
     int64_t IW, int64_t IH, int64_t OW, int64_t OH, int64_t KW, int64_t KH, int64_t IC,
-    int64_t batch, int64_t batch_offset, int64_t offset_delta,
+    int64_t N, int64_t IC_IH_IW, int64_t IH_IW,
     int s0,int s1,int p0,int p1,int d0,int d1, cudaStream_t stream) {
 
-    im2col_cuda<half>(x, dst, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, batch, batch_offset, offset_delta, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
+    im2col_cuda<half>(x, dst, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, N, IC_IH_IW, IH_IW, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
 }
 
 static void im2col_cuda_f32(const float * x, float * dst,
     int64_t IW, int64_t IH, int64_t OW, int64_t OH, int64_t KW, int64_t KH, int64_t IC,
-    int64_t batch, int64_t batch_offset, int64_t offset_delta,
+    int64_t N, int64_t IC_IH_IW, int64_t IH_IW,
     int s0,int s1,int p0,int p1,int d0,int d1, cudaStream_t stream) {
 
-    im2col_cuda<float>(x, dst, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, batch, batch_offset, offset_delta, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
+    im2col_cuda<float>(x, dst, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, N, IC_IH_IW, IH_IW, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
 }
 
 void ggml_cuda_op_im2col(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
@@ -91,13 +101,13 @@ void ggml_cuda_op_im2col(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     const int64_t OH = is_2D ? dst->ne[2] : 1;
     const int64_t OW =         dst->ne[1];
 
-    const size_t  delta_offset = src1->nb[is_2D ? 2 : 1] / 4; // nb is byte offset, src is type float32
-    const int64_t batch        = src1->ne[is_2D ? 3 : 2];
-    const size_t  batch_offset = src1->nb[is_2D ? 3 : 2] / 4; // nb is byte offset, src is type float32
+    const int64_t IC_IH_IW = src1->nb[is_2D ? 2 : 1] / 4; // nb is byte offset, src is type float32
+    const int64_t N        = src1->ne[is_2D ? 3 : 2];
+    const int64_t IH_IW    = src1->nb[is_2D ? 3 : 2] / 4; // nb is byte offset, src is type float32
 
     if(dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
-        im2col_cuda_f16(src1_d, (half *) dst_d, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, batch, batch_offset, delta_offset, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
+        im2col_cuda_f16(src1_d, (half *) dst_d, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, N, IC_IH_IW, IH_IW, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
     } else {
-        im2col_cuda_f32(src1_d, (float *) dst_d, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, batch, batch_offset, delta_offset, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
+        im2col_cuda_f32(src1_d, (float *) dst_d, IW, IH, OW, OH, KW, KH, IC, N, IC_IH_IW, IH_IW, s0, s1, p0, p1, d0, d1, stream);
     }
 }