diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn.comp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn.comp
index 4bef48b006c..0379e5d5024 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn.comp
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ void main() {
         barrier();
     }
 
+    // prevent race on tmpsh
+    barrier();
+
     // reduce across threads
 
     [[unroll]] for (uint32_t r = 0; r < Br; ++r) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn_cm1.comp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn_cm1.comp
index cd82e4abfab..c995ab140ee 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn_cm1.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/flash_attn_cm1.comp
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ void main() {
         barrier();
     }
 
+    // prevent race on tmpsh
+    barrier();
+
     // reduce across threads
 
     float rowmaxf[rows_per_thread], eMf[rows_per_thread], Moldf[rows_per_thread];