diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.hpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.hpp
index 9ec94464b..96586ea46 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.hpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/common.hpp
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ void ggml_sycl_free_device(void *ptr, sycl::queue &q);
 
 void release_extra_gpu(ggml_tensor_extra_gpu * extra, std::vector<queue_ptr> streams={});
 
+struct mmid_row_mapping {
+    int32_t i1;
+    int32_t i2;
+};
+
 namespace sycl_ex = sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental;
 struct ggml_backend_sycl_context {
     int device;
@@ -421,6 +426,8 @@ struct ggml_backend_sycl_context {
 
     std::unique_ptr<ggml_sycl_pool> host_pools[GGML_SYCL_MAX_DEVICES];
 
+    std::vector<mmid_row_mapping> mmid_row_mapping_host;
+
     static std::unique_ptr<ggml_sycl_pool> new_pool_for_device(queue_ptr qptr, int device);
 
     static std::unique_ptr<ggml_sycl_pool> new_pool_for_host(queue_ptr qptr, int device);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
index f029f6325..376d4376f 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -4224,11 +4224,6 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor
 }
 
 
-struct mmid_row_mapping {
-    int32_t i1;
-    int32_t i2;
-};
-
 __dpct_inline__ static void k_copy_src1_to_contiguous(
     const char *__restrict__ src1_original, char *__restrict__ src1_contiguous,
     const mmid_row_mapping *__restrict__ row_mapping,
@@ -4399,6 +4394,8 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat_id(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx,
 
     SYCL_CHECK(CHECK_TRY_ERROR(
         stream->memcpy(ids_host.data(), ids_dev, ggml_nbytes(ids))));
+
+    // also ensures ctx.mmid_row_mapping_host is drained before we use it again
     SYCL_CHECK(CHECK_TRY_ERROR(stream->wait()));
 
     ggml_tensor src0_row = *src0;
@@ -4456,7 +4453,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_mul_mat_id(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx,
         // where each expert's slice starts and the previous ends (row indices, right-exclusive)
         std::vector<int64_t> expert_row_offsets;
         // the sources (slot/token pairs) of contiguous rows to guide k_copy_src1_to_contiguous
-        std::vector<mmid_row_mapping> routed_row_src;
+        std::vector<mmid_row_mapping> & routed_row_src = ctx.mmid_row_mapping_host;
 
         mmid_counting_sort_rows(ids, ids_host.data(), n_ids, n_as, n_routed_rows,
                                 expert_row_counts, expert_row_offsets, routed_row_src);