diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
index f1eab136c..248fa378e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
@@ -2450,6 +2450,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     nth *= 2;
                 }
 
+                nth = MIN(nth, (int) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup);
                 nth = MIN(nth, ne00);
 
                 ggml_metal_kargs_sum_rows args = {
@@ -3780,6 +3781,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     nth *= 2;
                 }
 
+                nth = MIN(nth, (int) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup);
                 nth = MIN(nth, ne00/4);
 
                 ggml_metal_kargs_rms_norm args = {
@@ -3816,6 +3818,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     nth *= 2;
                 }
 
+                nth = MIN(nth, (int) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup);
                 nth = MIN(nth, ne00/4);
 
                 ggml_metal_kargs_l2_norm args = {
@@ -3888,6 +3891,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     nth *= 2;
                 }
 
+                nth = MIN(nth, (int) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup);
                 nth = MIN(nth, ne00/4);
 
                 ggml_metal_kargs_norm args = {
@@ -4986,6 +4990,8 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     nth *= 2;
                 }
 
+                nth = MIN(nth, (int) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup);
+
                 // when rows are small, we can batch them together in a single threadgroup
                 int nrptg = 1;