diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
index 639715537b..353f6a4b46 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-opencl/ggml-opencl.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,32 @@ static ggml_cl_compiler_version get_adreno_cl_compiler_version(const char *drive
     return { type, major, minor, patch };
 }
 
+// cl buffer wrapper
+struct ggml_cl_buffer {
+    cl_mem buffer;
+    size_t size;
+
+    ggml_cl_buffer()
+        : buffer(nullptr), size(0) {}
+
+    ~ggml_cl_buffer() {
+        if (buffer) {
+            CL_CHECK(clReleaseMemObject(buffer));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void allocate(cl_context context, size_t new_size) {
+        if (new_size > size) {
+            size = new_size;
+            if (buffer) {
+                CL_CHECK(clReleaseMemObject(buffer));
+            }
+            cl_int err;
+            CL_CHECK((buffer = clCreateBuffer(context, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, size, NULL, &err), err));
+        }
+    }
+};
+
 // Profiling
 struct ProfilingInfo {
     std::string op_name;
@@ -376,6 +402,11 @@ struct ggml_backend_opencl_context {
     cl_context context;
     cl_command_queue queue;
 
+    // prealloc buffers for transposing weights and activations
+    ggml_cl_buffer prealloc_quant_trans;
+    ggml_cl_buffer prealloc_scales_trans;
+    ggml_cl_buffer prealloc_act_trans;
+
     cl_program program_add;
     cl_program program_add_id;
     cl_program program_clamp;
@@ -638,10 +669,6 @@ struct ggml_backend_opencl_context {
     cl_kernel kernel_transpose_16_buf;
     cl_kernel kernel_transpose_16_4x1;
 
-    cl_mem A_s_d_max;            // max scale buffer size for transpose
-    cl_mem A_q_d_max;            // max weight buffer size for transpose
-    cl_mem B_d_max;              // max activation buffer size for transpose
-
     // Gemm and Gemv related programs, kernels, etc
     cl_program program_CL_gemm;
     cl_program program_CL_gemv_general;
@@ -2600,9 +2627,9 @@ static ggml_backend_opencl_context * ggml_cl2_init(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
                       required_B_d_bytes, max_B_d_bytes);
     }
 
-    CL_CHECK((backend_ctx->A_q_d_max = clCreateBuffer(context, 0, max_A_q_d_bytes, NULL, &err), err));
-    CL_CHECK((backend_ctx->A_s_d_max = clCreateBuffer(context, 0, max_A_s_d_bytes, NULL, &err), err));
-    CL_CHECK((backend_ctx->B_d_max   = clCreateBuffer(context, 0, max_B_d_bytes,   NULL, &err), err));
+    backend_ctx->prealloc_quant_trans.allocate(context, max_A_q_d_bytes);
+    backend_ctx->prealloc_scales_trans.allocate(context, max_A_s_d_bytes);
+    backend_ctx->prealloc_act_trans.allocate(context, max_B_d_bytes);
 #endif // GGML_OPENCL_USE_ADRENO_KERNELS
 
     backend_ctx->disable_fusion = getenv("GGML_OPENCL_DISABLE_FUSION") != nullptr;
@@ -3607,32 +3634,35 @@ static void ggml_backend_opencl_buffer_set_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer,
         // use sub_buffer of max buffer size instead
 
         size_t q_size_bytes = K * M / 8 * sizeof(float);
+        backend_ctx->prealloc_quant_trans.allocate(context, q_size_bytes);
+
         cl_buffer_region region;
         region.origin = 0;
         region.size = q_size_bytes;
         cl_mem qT_d = clCreateSubBuffer(
-            backend_ctx->A_q_d_max,
+            backend_ctx->prealloc_quant_trans.buffer,
             0,
             CL_BUFFER_CREATE_TYPE_REGION,
             &region,
             &err);
-        // cl_mem qT_d = clCreateBuffer(context, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, q_size_bytes, NULL, &err);
         CL_CHECK(err);
 
         bool K_tile_trans = true;
         if ((K / 32) % 4 != 0){
             K_tile_trans =false;
         }
+
         size_t d_size_bytes = M * (K / 32) * 2;
+        backend_ctx->prealloc_scales_trans.allocate(context, d_size_bytes);
+
         region.origin = 0;
         region.size = d_size_bytes;
         cl_mem dT_d = clCreateSubBuffer(
-            backend_ctx->A_s_d_max,
+            backend_ctx->prealloc_scales_trans.buffer,
             0,
             CL_BUFFER_CREATE_TYPE_REGION,
             &region,
             &err);
-        // cl_mem dT_d = clCreateBuffer(context, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, d_size_bytes, NULL, &err);
         CL_CHECK(err);
 
         // <----------------------------------------------------------------------------------> //
@@ -7395,8 +7425,10 @@ static void ggml_cl_mul_mat(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggml_tensor * src0, co
             region.origin = 0;
             // Specify the size of the sub-buffer (divide by 2 for FP16)
             region.size = K * (N + padding) * sizeof(float)/2;
+            backend_ctx->prealloc_act_trans.allocate(context, region.size);
+
             B_d = clCreateSubBuffer(
-                backend_ctx->B_d_max,
+                backend_ctx->prealloc_act_trans.buffer,
                 0,
                 CL_BUFFER_CREATE_TYPE_REGION,
                 &region,