diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
index 27d088e0ea..ca6b444314 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ std::map<std::string, std::string> merge_maps(const std::map<std::string, std::s
     return result;
 }
 
-static std::vector<std::future<void>> compiles;
+static std::deque<std::future<void>> compiles;
 void string_to_spv(std::string name, const std::string& source, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& defines, bool fp16 = true, bool coopmat = false, bool coopmat2 = false, bool f16acc = false, const std::string& suffix = "") {
     name = name + (f16acc ? "_f16acc" : "") + (coopmat ? "_cm1" : "") + (coopmat2 ? "_cm2" : (fp16 ? "" : "_fp32")) + suffix;
     std::string out_path = join_paths(output_dir, name + ".spv");
@@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ void string_to_spv(std::string name, const std::string& source, const std::map<s
         string_to_spv_func, name, input_filepath, out_path, defines, coopmat, generate_dep_file, std::move(slot)));
     // Don't write the same dep file from multiple processes
     generate_dep_file = false;
+
+    // Clean up completed futures - don't accumulate virtual memory for completed threads' stacks.
+    while (!compiles.empty() && compiles.front().wait_for(std::chrono::seconds(0)) == std::future_status::ready) {
+        compiles.pop_front();
+    }
 }
 
 void matmul_shaders(bool fp16, MatMulIdType matmul_id_type, bool coopmat, bool coopmat2, bool f16acc, bool dot2 = false) {