diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 99be5e45b2af7..e42f115d04034 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static vk_device_architecture get_device_architecture(const vk::PhysicalDevice&
 }
 
 struct vk_device_struct {
-    std::mutex mutex;
+    std::recursive_mutex mutex;
 
     vk::PhysicalDevice physical_device;
     vk::PhysicalDeviceProperties properties;
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_create_pipeline_func(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline& pipelin
     }
 
     {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(device->mutex);
+        std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(device->mutex);
         device->pipelines.insert({ pipeline->name, pipeline });
     }
 
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static uint32_t ggml_vk_find_queue_family_index(std::vector<vk::QueueFamilyPrope
 
 static void ggml_vk_create_queue(vk_device& device, vk_queue& q, uint32_t queue_family_index, uint32_t queue_index, vk::PipelineStageFlags&& stage_flags, bool transfer_only) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_create_queue()");
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(device->mutex);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(device->mutex);
 
     q.queue_family_index = queue_family_index;
     q.transfer_only = transfer_only;
@@ -4124,6 +4124,7 @@ static void * ggml_vk_host_malloc(vk_device& device, size_t size) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(device->mutex);
     device->pinned_memory.push_back(std::make_tuple(buf->ptr, size, buf));
 
     return buf->ptr;
@@ -4134,6 +4135,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_host_free(vk_device& device, void* ptr) {
         return;
     }
     VK_LOG_MEMORY("ggml_vk_host_free(" << ptr << ")");
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(device->mutex);
+
     vk_buffer buf;
     size_t index;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < device->pinned_memory.size(); i++) {
@@ -4156,6 +4159,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_host_free(vk_device& device, void* ptr) {
 }
 
 static void ggml_vk_host_get(vk_device& device, const void * ptr, vk_buffer& buf, size_t& buf_offset) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(device->mutex);
     buf = nullptr;
     buf_offset = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < device->pinned_memory.size(); i++) {
@@ -4457,7 +4461,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_buffer_write_2d(vk_buffer& dst, size_t offset, const void *
             memcpy((uint8_t *)dst->ptr + offset + i * width, (const uint8_t *) src + i * spitch, width);
         }
     } else {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(dst->device->mutex);
+        std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(dst->device->mutex);
 
         vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_temporary_context(dst->device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool);
         ggml_vk_ctx_begin(dst->device, subctx);
@@ -4548,7 +4552,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_buffer_read(vk_buffer& src, size_t offset, void * dst, size_
 
         memcpy(dst, (uint8_t *) src->ptr + offset, size);
     } else {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(src->device->mutex);
+        std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(src->device->mutex);
 
         vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_temporary_context(src->device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool);
         ggml_vk_ctx_begin(src->device, subctx);
@@ -4578,7 +4582,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_buffer_copy_async(vk_context& ctx, vk_buffer& dst, size_t ds
 
 static void ggml_vk_buffer_copy(vk_buffer& dst, size_t dst_offset, vk_buffer& src, size_t src_offset, size_t size) {
     if (src->device == dst->device) {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(src->device->mutex);
+        std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(src->device->mutex);
         VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_buffer_copy(SINGLE_DEVICE, " << size << ")");
         // Copy within the device
         vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_temporary_context(src->device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool);
@@ -4613,7 +4617,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_buffer_memset_async(vk_context& ctx, vk_buffer& dst, size_t
 static void ggml_vk_buffer_memset(vk_buffer& dst, size_t offset, uint32_t c, size_t size) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_buffer_memset(" << offset << ", " << c << ", " << size << ")");
 
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(dst->device->mutex);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(dst->device->mutex);
     vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_temporary_context(dst->device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool);
     ggml_vk_ctx_begin(dst->device, subctx);
     subctx->s->buffer.fillBuffer(dst->buffer, offset, size, c);