diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
index da312992c8039..a5e77672f6e95 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ static ggml_cuda_device_info ggml_cuda_init() {
         } else if (device_name.substr(0, 21) == "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16") {
             turing_devices_without_mma.push_back({ id, device_name });
         }
+
+        // Temporary performance fix:
+        // Setting device scheduling strategy for iGPUs with cc121 to "spinning" to avoid delays in cuda synchronize calls.
+        // TODO: Check for future drivers the default scheduling strategy and
+        // remove this call again when cudaDeviceScheduleSpin is default.
+        if (prop.major == 12 && prop.minor == 1) {
+            CUDA_CHECK(cudaSetDeviceFlags(cudaDeviceScheduleSpin));
+        }
+
 #endif  // defined(GGML_USE_HIP)
     }