diff --git a/gptqmodel/looper/module_looper.py b/gptqmodel/looper/module_looper.py
index 6e4a44268..dbc18b746 100644
--- a/gptqmodel/looper/module_looper.py
+++ b/gptqmodel/looper/module_looper.py
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ def cache_inputs(self, layers, calibration_data, use_cache):
         cur_layer_device = get_device(layers[0])
         data_device = cur_layer_device
 
+        # make sure turtle is ready for lias
+        self.gptq_model.wait_for_turtle_reload()
+
         # TODO HookLinear add register_forward_pre_hook()
         def store_input_hook(module, args, kwargs):
             # Positional arguments.