diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 12b8c49d0..f38a033a5 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ struct llama_kv_cache {
     uint32_t size = 0;
 
     // computed before each graph build
-    uint32_t cell_max = 0;
+    uint32_t n = 0;
 
     std::vector<llama_kv_cell> cells;
 
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ static struct ggml_cgraph * llm_build_llama(
     const int n_gpu_layers = model.n_gpu_layers;
 
     const int32_t n_tokens = batch.n_tokens;
-    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.cell_max;
+    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.n;
     const int32_t kv_head  = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx - n_tokens : kv_self.head;
 
     const bool do_rope_shift = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) || kv_self.has_shift;
@@ -3007,7 +3007,7 @@ static struct ggml_cgraph * llm_build_baichaun(
     const int n_gpu_layers = model.n_gpu_layers;
 
     const int32_t n_tokens = batch.n_tokens;
-    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.cell_max;
+    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.n;
     const int32_t kv_head  = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx - n_tokens : kv_self.head;
 
     const bool do_rope_shift = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) || kv_self.has_shift;
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ static struct ggml_cgraph * llm_build_falcon(
     const int n_gpu_layers = model.n_gpu_layers;
 
     const int32_t n_tokens = batch.n_tokens;
-    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.cell_max;
+    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.n;
     const int32_t kv_head  = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx - n_tokens : kv_self.head;
 
     const bool do_rope_shift = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) || kv_self.has_shift;
@@ -3771,7 +3771,7 @@ static struct ggml_cgraph * llm_build_starcoder(
     const float norm_eps = hparams.f_norm_eps;
 
     const int32_t n_tokens = batch.n_tokens;
-    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.cell_max;
+    const int32_t n_kv     = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx            : kv_self.n;
     const int32_t kv_head  = ggml_allocr_is_measure(lctx.alloc) ? n_ctx - n_tokens : kv_self.head;
 
     auto & buf_compute = lctx.buf_compute;
@@ -4102,8 +4102,10 @@ static int llama_decode_internal(
     // a heuristic, to avoid attending the full cache if it is not yet utilized
     // after enough generations, the benefit from this heuristic disappears
     // if we start defragmenting the cache, the benefit from this will be more important
-    kv_self.cell_max = llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self);
-    //printf("kv_self.cell_max = %d\n", kv_self.cell_max);
+    //kv_self.n = std::max(32, GGML_PAD(llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self), 32));   // TODO: this might be better for CUDA?
+    kv_self.n = std::max(32, llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self));
+
+    //printf("kv_self.n = %d\n", kv_self.n);
 
     ggml_allocr_reset(lctx.alloc);