diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index fe67c7747..11abf598b 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -15629,7 +15629,6 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads) {
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_DIAG_MASK_ZERO:
         case GGML_OP_DIAG_MASK_INF:
-        case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
         case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX_BACK:
         case GGML_OP_ROPE:
         case GGML_OP_ROPE_BACK:
@@ -15645,6 +15644,10 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads) {
             {
                 n_tasks = 1; //TODO
             } break;
+        case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
+            {
+                n_tasks = MIN(MIN(4, n_threads), ggml_nrows(node->src[0]));
+            } break;
         case GGML_OP_CONV_TRANSPOSE_1D:
             {
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
@@ -15872,18 +15875,16 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
 
     // thread scheduling for the different operations + work buffer size estimation
     for (int i = 0; i < cgraph->n_nodes; i++) {
-        int n_tasks = 1;
-
         struct ggml_tensor * node = cgraph->nodes[i];
 
+        const int n_tasks = ggml_get_n_tasks(node, n_threads);
+
         size_t cur = 0;
 
         switch (node->op) {
             case GGML_OP_CPY:
             case GGML_OP_DUP:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     if (ggml_is_quantized(node->type)) {
                         cur = ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) * node->ne[0] * n_tasks;
                     }
@@ -15891,16 +15892,12 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
             case GGML_OP_ADD:
             case GGML_OP_ADD1:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     if (ggml_is_quantized(node->src[0]->type)) {
                         cur = ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) * node->src[0]->ne[0] * n_tasks;
                     }
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_ACC:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     if (ggml_is_quantized(node->src[0]->type)) {
                         cur = ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) * node->src[1]->ne[0] * n_tasks;
                     }
@@ -15928,16 +15925,12 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_OUT_PROD:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     if (ggml_is_quantized(node->src[0]->type)) {
                         cur = ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) * node->src[0]->ne[0] * n_tasks;
                     }
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = MIN(MIN(4, n_threads), ggml_nrows(node->src[0]));
-
                     cur = ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) * node->ne[0] * n_tasks;
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_CONV_TRANSPOSE_1D:
@@ -15967,7 +15960,6 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_IM2COL:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_CONV_TRANSPOSE_2D:
                 {
@@ -15985,8 +15977,6 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     const int64_t ne11 = ggml_up(node->src[1]->ne[1], GGML_SOFT_MAX_UNROLL);
 
                     if (node->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
@@ -15999,8 +15989,6 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_FLASH_FF:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     if (node->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
                         cur  = sizeof(float)*node->src[1]->ne[1]*n_tasks; // TODO: this can become (n_tasks-1)
                         cur += sizeof(float)*node->src[1]->ne[1]*n_tasks; // this is overestimated by x2
@@ -16011,8 +15999,6 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_BACK:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     const int64_t    D = node->src[0]->ne[0];
                     const int64_t ne11 = ggml_up(node->src[1]->ne[1], GGML_SOFT_MAX_UNROLL);
                     const int64_t mxDn = MAX(D, ne11) * 2; // *2 because of S and SM in ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_back
@@ -16027,8 +16013,6 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threads) {
 
             case GGML_OP_CROSS_ENTROPY_LOSS:
                 {
-                    n_tasks = n_threads;
-
                     cur = ggml_type_size(node->type)*(n_tasks + node->src[0]->ne[0]*n_tasks);
                 } break;
             case GGML_OP_COUNT: