diff --git a/src/llama-batch.cpp b/src/llama-batch.cpp
index dd909df59..2f8108043 100644
--- a/src/llama-batch.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-batch.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ llama_ubatch llama_batch_allocr::split_simple(uint32_t n_ubatch) {
     return ubatch_add(idxs, idxs.size(), false);
 }
 
-llama_ubatch llama_batch_allocr::split_equal(uint32_t n_ubatch) {
+llama_ubatch llama_batch_allocr::split_equal(uint32_t n_ubatch, bool sequential) {
     std::vector<seq_set_t> cur_seq_set;
 
     llama_seq_id last_seq_id = -1;
@@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ llama_ubatch llama_batch_allocr::split_equal(uint32_t n_ubatch) {
         }
 
         // accept only increasing sequence ids
-        add = add && (cur_seq_set.empty() || batch.seq_id[i][0] == last_seq_id + 1);
+        if (sequential) {
+            add = add && (cur_seq_set.empty() || batch.seq_id[i][0] == last_seq_id + 1);
+        }
 
         if (add) {
             cur_seq_set.push_back(seq_set[i]);
diff --git a/src/llama-batch.h b/src/llama-batch.h
index d2c537618..edda1505d 100644
--- a/src/llama-batch.h
+++ b/src/llama-batch.h
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public:
     llama_ubatch split_simple(uint32_t n_ubatch);
 
     // make ubatches of equal-length sequences sets
-    llama_ubatch split_equal(uint32_t n_ubatch);
+    // if sequential == true, the tokens in the ubatch will have increasing sequential sequence ids
+    llama_ubatch split_equal(uint32_t n_ubatch, bool sequential);
 
     // sequence-set-wise split - each ubatch contains a single sequence-set
     llama_ubatch split_seq(uint32_t n_ubatch);
diff --git a/src/llama-kv-cache-unified-iswa.cpp b/src/llama-kv-cache-unified-iswa.cpp
index f0aac929c..6220640a1 100644
--- a/src/llama-kv-cache-unified-iswa.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-kv-cache-unified-iswa.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ llama_memory_context_ptr llama_kv_cache_unified_iswa::init_batch(llama_batch_all
     // first try simple split
     do {
         if (n_seq_virt > 1) {
-            // requires equal splits
+            // requires equal splits, so we skip the simple split
             break;
         }
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ llama_memory_context_ptr llama_kv_cache_unified_iswa::init_batch(llama_batch_all
 
         std::vector<llama_ubatch> ubatches;
         while (true) {
-            auto ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch);
+            auto ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch, n_seq_virt > 1);
 
             if (ubatch.n_tokens == 0) {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/llama-kv-cache-unified.cpp b/src/llama-kv-cache-unified.cpp
index c9d359f65..2080925df 100644
--- a/src/llama-kv-cache-unified.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-kv-cache-unified.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ llama_memory_context_ptr llama_kv_cache_unified::init_batch(
 
         std::vector<llama_ubatch> ubatches;
         while (true) {
-            auto ubatch = n_seq_virt == 1 ? balloc.split_simple(n_ubatch) : balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch);
+            auto ubatch = n_seq_virt == 1 ? balloc.split_simple(n_ubatch) : balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch, true);
 
             if (ubatch.n_tokens == 0) {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/llama-memory-hybrid.cpp b/src/llama-memory-hybrid.cpp
index e8d3b581a..85470f755 100644
--- a/src/llama-memory-hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-memory-hybrid.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ llama_memory_context_ptr llama_memory_hybrid::init_batch(llama_batch_allocr & ba
                 // if all tokens are output, split by sequence
                 ubatch = balloc.split_seq(n_ubatch);
             } else {
-                ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch);
+                ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch, false);
             }
 
             if (ubatch.n_tokens == 0) {
diff --git a/src/llama-memory-recurrent.cpp b/src/llama-memory-recurrent.cpp
index 1b1e95d56..55f78eb20 100644
--- a/src/llama-memory-recurrent.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-memory-recurrent.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ llama_memory_context_ptr llama_memory_recurrent::init_batch(llama_batch_allocr &
             // if all tokens are output, split by sequence
             ubatch = balloc.split_seq(n_ubatch);
         } else {
-            ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch);
+            ubatch = balloc.split_equal(n_ubatch, false);
         }
 
         if (ubatch.n_tokens == 0) {