diff --git a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
index 1ca698704..9b22cb05f 100644
--- a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
@@ -1395,6 +1395,11 @@ void llama_model_loader::get_mapping_range(size_t * first, size_t * last, void *
     }
 }
 
+void llama_model_loader::unmap_weight(const llama_tensor_weight & w) const {
+    if (!use_mmap) { return; }
+    mappings.at(w.idx)->unmap_fragment(w.offs, w.offs + ggml_nbytes(w.tensor));
+}
+
 void llama_model_loader::load_data_for(struct ggml_tensor * cur) const {
     const auto & w = require_weight(ggml_get_name(cur));
 
diff --git a/src/llama-model-loader.h b/src/llama-model-loader.h
index d6b31c231..e9fe3592d 100644
--- a/src/llama-model-loader.h
+++ b/src/llama-model-loader.h
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
 
     void get_mapping_range(size_t * first, size_t * last, void ** addr, int idx, ggml_context * ctx) const;
 
+    // release a weight's mmap pages
+    void unmap_weight(const llama_tensor_weight & w) const;
+
     // for backwards compatibility, does not support ggml-backend
     void load_data_for(struct ggml_tensor * cur) const;
 
diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 7f99e96bc..20252815d 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
             total_size_org += tensor_size;
             total_size_new += new_size;
 
-            // update the gguf meta data as we go
+            // update the gguf metadata as we go
             gguf_set_tensor_type(ctx_outs[cur_split].get(), metadata[i].name.c_str(), new_type);
             GGML_ASSERT(gguf_get_tensor_size(ctx_outs[cur_split].get(), gguf_find_tensor(ctx_outs[cur_split].get(), metadata[i].name.c_str())) == new_size);
             gguf_set_tensor_data(ctx_outs[cur_split].get(), metadata[i].name.c_str(), new_data);
@@ -1278,6 +1278,10 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
             // write tensor data + padding
             fout.write((const char *) new_data, new_size);
             zeros(fout, GGML_PAD(new_size, align) - new_size);
+
+            // unmap the tensor to free memory
+            if (ml.use_mmap) { ml.unmap_weight(weight); }
+
         } // no --dry-run
     } // main loop
 
diff --git a/tools/perplexity/perplexity.cpp b/tools/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
index 92f88306c..ba41287d8 100644
--- a/tools/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
+++ b/tools/perplexity/perplexity.cpp
@@ -2023,7 +2023,6 @@ int llama_perplexity(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     const int32_t n_ctx = params.n_ctx;
-
     if (n_ctx <= 0) {
         LOG_ERR("%s: perplexity tool requires '--ctx-size' > 0\n", __func__);
         return 1;