diff --git a/src/llmcompressor/utils/helpers.py b/src/llmcompressor/utils/helpers.py
index 0be09bd06..fddcafd82 100644
--- a/src/llmcompressor/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/llmcompressor/utils/helpers.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import numpy
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 from loguru import logger
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel
 
+from llmcompressor.utils import get_embeddings
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    pass
+
 __all__ = [
     "ALL_TOKEN",
     "ALL_PRUNABLE_TOKEN",
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@
     "DisableQuantization",
     "eval_context",
     "calibration_forward_context",
+    "disable_lm_head",
     "patch_attr",
     "disable_hf_kernels",
     "DISABLE_QAC_MODIFIERS",
@@ -1049,11 +1055,45 @@ def calibration_forward_context(model: torch.nn.Module):
     - Disable the KV cache
     - Disable train mode and enable eval mode
     - Disable hf kernels which could bypass hooks
+    - Disable lm head (input and weights can still be calibrated, output will be meta)
+    """
+    with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
+        stack.enter_context(torch.no_grad())
+        stack.enter_context(disable_cache(model))
+        stack.enter_context(eval_context(model))
+        stack.enter_context(disable_hf_kernels(model))
+        stack.enter_context(disable_lm_head(model))
+        yield
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def disable_lm_head(model: torch.nn.Module):
+    """
+    Disable the lm_head of a model by moving it to the meta device. This function
+    does not untie parameters and restores the model proper loading upon exit
     """
-    with torch.no_grad(), disable_cache(model), eval_context(model), disable_hf_kernels(
-        model
-    ):
+    _, lm_head = get_embeddings(model)
+    if lm_head is not None:
+        logger.warning(
+            f"Attempted to disable lm_head of instance {model.__class__.__name__}, "
+            "but was unable to to find lm_head. This may lead to unexpected OOM."
+        )
         yield
+        return
+
+    elif not isinstance(lm_head, torch.nn.Linear):
+        logger.warning(f"Cannot disable LM head of type {lm_head.__class__.__name__}")
+        yield
+        return
+
+    else:
+        dummy_weight = lm_head.weight.to("meta")
+
+        def dummy_forward(self, input: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+            return input.to("meta") @ dummy_weight.T
+
+        with patch_attr(lm_head, "forward", dummy_forward.__get__(lm_head)):
+            yield
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
diff --git a/tests/llmcompressor/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/llmcompressor/utils/test_helpers.py
index cb474c1f5..5e47bebe3 100644
--- a/tests/llmcompressor/utils/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/llmcompressor/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@
 from transformers import (
     AutoModelForCausalLM,
     MllamaForConditionalGeneration,
-    PretrainedConfig,
-    PreTrainedModel,
 )
 
+from llmcompressor.pipelines.sequential.helpers import dispatch_for_sequential
 from llmcompressor.utils import (
     ALL_TOKEN,
     DisableQuantization,
     calibration_forward_context,
     convert_to_bool,
     disable_cache,
+    disable_lm_head,
     flatten_iterable,
     getattr_chain,
     interpolate,
     patch_attr,
     validate_str_iterable,
 )
-from llmcompressor.utils.dev import skip_weights_download
+from llmcompressor.utils.dev import dispatch_for_generation, skip_weights_download
 from tests.testing_utils import requires_gpu
 
 
@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ def test_DisableQuantization():
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
 def test_calibration_forward_context():
-    class DummyModel(PreTrainedModel):
-        config_class = PretrainedConfig
-
-    model = DummyModel(PretrainedConfig())
+    with skip_weights_download():
+        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("nm-testing/tinysmokellama-3.2")
     model.config.use_cache = True
     model.train()
 
@@ -160,9 +158,12 @@ class DummyModel(PreTrainedModel):
         assert not torch.is_grad_enabled()
         assert not model.config.use_cache
         assert not model.training
+        assert model.lm_head.forward.__name__ == "dummy_forward"
+
     assert torch.is_grad_enabled()
     assert model.config.use_cache
     assert model.training
+    assert model.lm_head.forward.__name__ == "forward"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -203,3 +204,29 @@ def test_disable_cache(model_cls, model_stub):
 
     output = model(**inputs)
     assert output.past_key_values is not None
+
+
+@requires_gpu
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("offload", ["sequential", "basic", "none"])
+def test_disable_lm_head(offload):
+    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("nm-testing/tinysmokellama-3.2")
+    if offload == "sequential":
+        dispatch_for_sequential(model)
+    if offload == "basic":
+        dispatch_for_generation(model)
+    if offload == "none":
+        model = model.to("cuda")
+
+    lm_input_device = None
+
+    def hook(module, args):
+        nonlocal lm_input_device
+        lm_input_device = args[0].device
+
+    model.lm_head.register_forward_pre_hook(hook)
+
+    with disable_lm_head(model):
+        input = {key: value.to("cuda") for key, value in model.dummy_inputs.items()}
+        output = model(**input)
+        assert lm_input_device == torch.device("cuda:0")
+        assert output.logits.device == torch.device("meta")