diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
index 9cfddf45..122ae597 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
@@ -3887,6 +3887,11 @@ kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec(
                 sm[tiisg] = pm[ic + tiisg];
             }
 
+            // skip -INF blocks
+            if (simd_max(sm[tiisg]) == -INFINITY) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // Q*K^T
             {
                 // each simdgroup processes 1 query and NE (NW/NL) head elements