diff --git a/ggml-alloc.c b/ggml-alloc.c
index 8ac1d3e..60b86c2 100644
--- a/ggml-alloc.c
+++ b/ggml-alloc.c
@@ -701,8 +701,13 @@ bool ggml_gallocr_reserve_n(ggml_gallocr_t galloc, struct ggml_cgraph * graph, c
         struct ggml_tensor * leaf = graph->leafs[i];
         struct hash_node * hn = ggml_gallocr_hash_get(galloc, leaf);
         galloc->leaf_allocs[i].buffer_id = hn->buffer_id;
-        galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.offset = hn->offset;
-        galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.size_max = ggml_backend_buft_get_alloc_size(galloc->bufts[hn->buffer_id], leaf);
+        if (leaf->view_src || leaf->data) {
+            galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.offset = SIZE_MAX;
+            galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.size_max = 0;
+        } else {
+            galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.offset = hn->offset;
+            galloc->leaf_allocs[i].leaf.size_max = ggml_backend_buft_get_alloc_size(galloc->bufts[hn->buffer_id], leaf);
+        }
     }
 
     // reallocate buffers if needed