diff --git a/common/sampling.cpp b/common/sampling.cpp
index 75e2e5d29..52f4c9e22 100644
--- a/common/sampling.cpp
+++ b/common/sampling.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ llama_token common_sampler_sample(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_co
     return cur_p.data[cur_p.selected].id;
 }
 
-std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<int> & idxs, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first) {
+std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<int> & idxs, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first) {
     GGML_ASSERT(idxs.size() == draft.size() + 1 && "idxs.size() must be draft.size() + 1");
 
     std::vector<llama_token> result;
@@ -330,25 +330,33 @@ std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl,
     for (; i < draft.size(); i++) {
         const llama_token id = common_sampler_sample(gsmpl, ctx, idxs[i], grammar_first);
 
+        common_sampler_accept(gsmpl, id, true);
+
+        result.push_back(id);
+
         if (draft[i] != id) {
             break;
         }
+    }
+
+    if (i == draft.size()) {
+        const llama_token id = common_sampler_sample(gsmpl, ctx, idxs[i], grammar_first);
+
+        common_sampler_accept(gsmpl, id, true);
 
         result.push_back(id);
     }
 
-    result.push_back(common_sampler_sample(gsmpl, ctx, idxs[i], grammar_first));
-
     return result;
 }
 
-std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first) {
+std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first) {
     std::vector<int> idxs(draft.size() + 1);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < idxs.size(); ++i) {
         idxs[i] = i;
     }
 
-    return common_sampler_sample_n(gsmpl, ctx, idxs, draft, grammar_first);
+    return common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(gsmpl, ctx, idxs, draft, grammar_first);
 }
 
 uint32_t common_sampler_get_seed(const struct common_sampler * gsmpl) {
diff --git a/common/sampling.h b/common/sampling.h
index f9b193ac8..883d905a6 100644
--- a/common/sampling.h
+++ b/common/sampling.h
@@ -62,19 +62,24 @@ llama_token common_sampler_sample(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_co
 
 // generalized version of common_sampler_sample
 //
-// will cross-reference the sampled tokens with a batch of draft tokens
-// if the sampler disagrees at some point, we stop and return the sampled tokens up to now
+// will cross-reference the sampled tokens with a batch of draft tokens and accept those that match
+// if the sampler disagrees at some point, we stop and return the accepted tokens up to now
 //
-// `common_sampler_sample_n(gsmpl, ctx, { idx }, {})` is equivalent to `common_sampler_sample(gsmpl, ctx, idx)`
+//      common_sampler_sample_n(gsmpl, ctx, { idx }, {});
+//
+// is equivalent to
+//
+//      common_sampler_sample(gsmpl, ctx, idx);
+//      common_sampler_accept(gsmpl, token, true);
 //
 // requires: idxs.size() == draft.size() + 1
 //
 // returns at least 1 token, up to idxs.size()
 //
-std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<int> & idxs, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first = false);
+std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<int> & idxs, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first = false);
 
 // assume idxs == [ 0, 1, 2, ..., draft.size() ]
-std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first = false);
+std::vector<llama_token> common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(struct common_sampler * gsmpl, struct llama_context * ctx, const llama_tokens & draft, bool grammar_first = false);
 
 uint32_t common_sampler_get_seed(const struct common_sampler * gsmpl);
 
diff --git a/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp b/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
index 98a9b35d4..6699e1d85 100644
--- a/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
+++ b/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         // available logits from the batch and sample the next token until we run out of logits or the sampler
         // disagrees with the draft
         //
-        const auto ids = common_sampler_sample_n(smpl, ctx_tgt, draft);
+        const auto ids = common_sampler_sample_and_accept_n(smpl, ctx_tgt, draft);
+
+        //LOG_DBG("ids: %s\n", string_from(ctx_tgt, ids).c_str());
 
         GGML_ASSERT(ids.size() > 0); // there will always be at least one accepted token