diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 6e225157c9b75..1dd65adeaace2 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -428,10 +428,10 @@ function gg_run_qwen3_0_6b {
 
     (time ./bin/llama-imatrix --model ${model_f16} -f ${wiki_test} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -b 512 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-imatrix.log
 
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa off ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa on  ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa off ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa on  ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa off --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 10 -c 1024 -fa on  --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa off                ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-save-load-state --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 99 -c 1024 -fa on                 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-save-load-state.log
 
     function check_ppl {
         qnt="$1"
@@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
 
     ./bin/llama-quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q8_0} q8_0
 
-    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_f16}  -p "I believe the meaning of life is" -ngl 99 -c 0 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
-    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_q8_0} -p "I believe the meaning of life is" -ngl 99 -c 0 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_f16}  -p "I believe the meaning of life is" -ngl 99 -c 0 --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_q8_0} -p "I believe the meaning of life is" -ngl 99 -c 0 --no-op-offload) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
 
     set +e
 }
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ function gg_run_rerank_tiny {
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
 
     # for this model, the SEP token is "</s>"
-    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_f16} -p "what is panda?\thi\nwhat is panda?\tit's a bear\nwhat is panda?\tThe giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), sometimes called a panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China." -ngl 99 -c 0 --pooling rank --embd-normalize -1 --verbose-prompt) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-rk-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/llama-embedding --model ${model_f16} -p "what is panda?\thi\nwhat is panda?\tit's a bear\nwhat is panda?\tThe giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), sometimes called a panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China." -ngl 99 -c 0 --pooling rank --embd-normalize -1 --no-op-offload --verbose-prompt) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-rk-f16.log
 
     # sample output
     # rerank score 0:    0.029
diff --git a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
index 9e3ab5905bb37..fe91b308cdc0a 100644
--- a/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
+++ b/examples/embedding/embedding.cpp
@@ -104,12 +104,16 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     params.embedding = true;
 
+    // get max number of sequences per batch
+    const int n_seq_max = llama_max_parallel_sequences();
+
     // if the number of prompts that would be encoded is known in advance, it's more efficient to specify the
     //   --parallel argument accordingly. for convenience, if not specified, we fallback to unified KV cache
     //   in order to support any number of prompts
     if (params.n_parallel == 1) {
         LOG_INF("%s: n_parallel == 1 -> unified KV cache is enabled\n", __func__);
         params.kv_unified = true;
+        params.n_parallel = n_seq_max;
     }
 
     // utilize the full context
@@ -123,9 +127,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         params.n_ubatch = params.n_batch;
     }
 
-    // get max number of sequences per batch
-    const int n_seq_max = llama_max_parallel_sequences();
-
     llama_backend_init();
     llama_numa_init(params.numa);
 
diff --git a/src/llama-context.cpp b/src/llama-context.cpp
index 70a3ec62dfc63..2f6cd7e2a0ee8 100644
--- a/src/llama-context.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-context.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ llama_context::llama_context(
 
         cross.v_embd.clear();
 
-        const uint32_t n_seqs = cparams.kv_unified ? 1 : cparams.n_seq_max;
+        const uint32_t n_seqs = cparams.n_seq_max;
         const uint32_t n_tokens = std::min(cparams.n_ctx, cparams.n_ubatch);
 
         // avoid reserving graphs with zero outputs - assume one output per sequence
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ bool llama_context::memory_update(bool optimize) {
             throw std::runtime_error("failed to initialize memory context");
         }
 
-        const uint32_t n_seqs = cparams.kv_unified ? 1 : cparams.n_seq_max;
+        const uint32_t n_seqs = cparams.n_seq_max;
         const uint32_t n_tokens = std::min(cparams.n_ctx, cparams.n_ubatch);
 
         auto * gf = graph_reserve(n_tokens, n_seqs, n_tokens, mctx.get());