diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index 82c65963b..d721ac688 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ bool ggml_metal_add_buffer(
         ctx->buffers[ctx->n_buffers].name = name;
         ctx->buffers[ctx->n_buffers].data = data;
         ctx->buffers[ctx->n_buffers].size = size;
+
+        if (ctx->device.maxBufferLength < aligned_size) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: buffer '%s' size %zu is larger than buffer maximum of %zu\n", __func__, name, aligned_size, ctx->device.maxBufferLength);
+            return false;
+        }
         ctx->buffers[ctx->n_buffers].metal = [ctx->device newBufferWithBytesNoCopy:data length:aligned_size options:MTLResourceStorageModeShared deallocator:nil];
 
         if (ctx->buffers[ctx->n_buffers].metal == nil) {
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 54545f01d..568ce6aca 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -2405,17 +2405,30 @@ struct llama_context * llama_init_from_file(
         // this allocates all Metal resources and memory buffers
         ctx->ctx_metal = ggml_metal_init();
 
+        void *data_ptr = NULL;
+        size_t data_size = 0;
         if (params.use_mmap) {
-            ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "data", ctx->model.mapping->addr, ctx->model.mapping->size);
-            ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "eval", ctx->buf_compute.addr,    ctx->buf_compute.size);
+            data_ptr = ctx->model.mapping->addr;
+            data_size= ctx->model.mapping->size;
         } else {
-            ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "data", ggml_get_mem_buffer(ctx->model.ctx), ggml_get_mem_size(ctx->model.ctx));
-            ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "eval", ctx->buf_compute.addr,               ctx->buf_compute.size);
+            data_ptr = ggml_get_mem_buffer(ctx->model.ctx);
+            data_size= ggml_get_mem_size(ctx->model.ctx);
         }
 
-        ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "kv",   ctx->model.kv_self.buf.addr, ctx->model.kv_self.buf.size);
-        ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "scr0", ctx->buf_scratch[0].addr,    ctx->buf_scratch[0].size);
-        ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "scr1", ctx->buf_scratch[1].addr,    ctx->buf_scratch[1].size);
+#define LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(result)                                          \
+    if (!(result)) {                                                           \
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to add buffer\n", __func__);               \
+        llama_free(ctx);                                                       \
+        return NULL;                                                           \
+    }
+
+        LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "data", data_ptr, data_size));
+        LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "eval", ctx->buf_compute.addr, ctx->buf_compute.size));
+
+        LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "kv",   ctx->model.kv_self.buf.addr, ctx->model.kv_self.buf.size));
+        LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "scr0", ctx->buf_scratch[0].addr,    ctx->buf_scratch[0].size));
+        LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF(ggml_metal_add_buffer(ctx->ctx_metal, "scr1", ctx->buf_scratch[1].addr,    ctx->buf_scratch[1].size));
+#undef LLAMA_METAL_CHECK_BUF
     }
 #endif