diff --git a/common/fit.cpp b/common/fit.cpp
index c82d066..bb1a547 100644
--- a/common/fit.cpp
+++ b/common/fit.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static void common_params_fit_impl(
     constexpr int64_t MiB = 1024*1024;
     typedef std::vector<llama_device_memory_data> dmds_t;
     const llama_model_params default_mparams = llama_model_default_params();
+    const bool fixed_gpu_layers = mparams->n_gpu_layers != default_mparams.n_gpu_layers;
 
     std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> devs;
     uint32_t hp_ngl = 0; // hparams.n_gpu_layers
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ static void common_params_fit_impl(
                             sum_used_target -= margins[id];
                         }
                     }
-                    if (nd > 1) {
+                    if (nd > 1 && !fixed_gpu_layers) {
                         // for multiple devices we need to be more conservative in terms of how much context we think can fit:
                         //   - for dense models only whole layers can be assigned to devices
                         //   - for MoE models only whole tensors can be assigned to devices, which we estimate to be <= 1/3 of a layer
@@ -334,6 +335,30 @@ static void common_params_fit_impl(
                             sum_projected_used_min_ctx += dmds_min_ctx[id].mb.total();
                         }
                     }
+                    if (nd > 1 && fixed_gpu_layers) {
+                        uint32_t n_ctx_fit = hp_nct;
+                        bool fits = true;
+                        for (size_t id = 0; id < nd; id++) {
+                            const int64_t used_full = dmds_full[id].mb.total();
+                            const int64_t used_min  = dmds_min_ctx[id].mb.total();
+                            const int64_t target    = dmds_full[id].free - margins[id];
+                            if (used_full <= target) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            uint32_t n_ctx_device = n_ctx_min;
+                            fits = fits && target >= used_min;
+                            if (target > used_min && used_full > used_min) {
+                                n_ctx_device += (hp_nct - n_ctx_min) * (target - used_min) / (used_full - used_min);
+                            }
+                            n_ctx_fit = std::min(n_ctx_fit, n_ctx_device);
+                        }
+                        cparams->n_ctx = std::max(n_ctx_fit - n_ctx_fit % 256, n_ctx_min);
+                        LOG_TRC("%s: context size reduced from %" PRIu32 " to %" PRIu32 " using per-device limits\n",
+                            __func__, hp_nct, cparams->n_ctx);
+                        if (fits) {
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
                     if (sum_used_target > sum_projected_used_min_ctx) {
                         // linear interpolation between minimum and maximum context size:
                         cparams->n_ctx += (hp_nct - n_ctx_min) * (sum_used_target - sum_projected_used_min_ctx)
@@ -371,7 +396,7 @@ static void common_params_fit_impl(
         throw common_params_fit_exception("was unable to fit model into system memory by reducing context, abort");
     }
 
-    if (mparams->n_gpu_layers != default_mparams.n_gpu_layers) {
+    if (fixed_gpu_layers) {
         throw common_params_fit_exception("n_gpu_layers already set by user to " + std::to_string(mparams->n_gpu_layers) + ", abort");
     }
     if (nd > 1) {
diff --git a/common/speculative.cpp b/common/speculative.cpp
index 70dc0ac..f7980e0 100644
--- a/common/speculative.cpp
+++ b/common/speculative.cpp
@@ -2321,6 +2321,9 @@ common_speculative_init_result::common_speculative_init_result(
 
     if (spec_mtp) {
         cparams.ctx_type = LLAMA_CONTEXT_TYPE_MTP;
+        // use the same (possibly fit-reduced) context size as the target
+        // avoids MTP draft reserving flash attention workspace for full n_ctx
+        cparams.n_ctx = llama_n_ctx(ctx_tgt);
     }
 
     // note: for small models maybe we can set this to the maximum possible draft from all speculative types
diff --git a/src/llama-context.cpp b/src/llama-context.cpp
index 19cca7d..a095c1b 100644
--- a/src/llama-context.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-context.cpp
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ llama_context::llama_context(
         // TODO: move these checks to ggml_backend_sched
         // enabling pipeline parallelism in the scheduler increases memory usage, so it is only done when necessary
         bool pipeline_parallel =
+            cparams.ctx_type != LLAMA_CONTEXT_TYPE_MTP &&
             model.n_devices() > 1 &&
             model.n_gpu_layers() > model.hparams.n_layer_all &&
             model.split_mode() == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER &&
diff --git a/tools/server/server-context.cpp b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
index 5d2798c..2ff4abc 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-context.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
@@ -1133,6 +1133,19 @@ private:
                 auto cparams_dft = common_context_params_to_llama(params_dft);
                 if (spec_mtp) {
                     cparams_dft.ctx_type = LLAMA_CONTEXT_TYPE_MTP;
+                    // MTP draft uses the target's (possibly fit-reduced) n_ctx at runtime.
+                    // Estimate with the same n_ctx to avoid over-reserving fit_params_target.
+                    {
+                        auto mparams_tgt = common_model_params_to_llama(params_base);
+                        auto cparams_tgt = common_context_params_to_llama(params_base);
+                        common_fit_params(params_dft.model.path.c_str(), &mparams_tgt, &cparams_tgt,
+                            params_base.tensor_split,
+                            params_base.tensor_buft_overrides.data(),
+                            params_base.fit_params_target.data(),
+                            params_base.fit_params_min_ctx,
+                            GGML_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+                        cparams_dft.n_ctx = cparams_tgt.n_ctx;
+                    }
                 }
                 cparams_dft.n_rs_seq = 0;
 
@@ -1156,6 +1169,7 @@ private:
                         }
                     }
 
+                    std::vector<size_t> measured_bytes(tgt_devices.size(), 0);
                     for (size_t j = 0; j < devs.size(); ++j) {
                         const size_t bytes = (measure_model_bytes ? dmd[j].model : 0) + dmd[j].context + dmd[j].compute;
                         total += bytes;
@@ -1164,6 +1178,7 @@ private:
                                 SRV_DBG("[spec] adding %.2f MiB to fit_params_target for device %s\n",
                                         bytes / (1024.0 * 1024.0), ggml_backend_dev_name(devs[j]));
                                 params_base.fit_params_target[i] += bytes;
+                                measured_bytes[i] += bytes;
                                 break;
                             }
                         }
@@ -1171,6 +1186,47 @@ private:
                     SRV_TRC("[spec] estimated memory usage of %s is %.2f MiB\n",
                             has_draft ? "draft model" : "MTP context",
                             total / (1024.0 * 1024.0));
+
+                    if (spec_mtp) {
+                        for (int pass = 0; pass < 2; ++pass) {
+                            auto mparams_tgt = common_model_params_to_llama(params_base);
+                            auto cparams_tgt = common_context_params_to_llama(params_base);
+                            common_fit_params(params_dft.model.path.c_str(), &mparams_tgt, &cparams_tgt,
+                                params_base.tensor_split,
+                                params_base.tensor_buft_overrides.data(),
+                                params_base.fit_params_target.data(),
+                                params_base.fit_params_min_ctx,
+                                GGML_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+                            if (cparams_dft.n_ctx == cparams_tgt.n_ctx) {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            cparams_dft.n_ctx = cparams_tgt.n_ctx;
+                            auto dmd_refined = common_get_device_memory_data(
+                                params_dft.model.path.c_str(), &mparams_dft, &cparams_dft,
+                                devs, hp_ngl, hp_nct, hp_nex, GGML_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR);
+
+                            std::vector<size_t> refined_bytes(tgt_devices.size(), 0);
+                            total = 0;
+                            for (size_t j = 0; j < devs.size(); ++j) {
+                                const size_t bytes = (measure_model_bytes ? dmd_refined[j].model : 0) + dmd_refined[j].context + dmd_refined[j].compute;
+                                total += bytes;
+                                for (size_t i = 0; i < tgt_devices.size(); ++i) {
+                                    if (tgt_devices[i] == devs[j]) {
+                                        refined_bytes[i] += bytes;
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            for (size_t i = 0; i < tgt_devices.size(); ++i) {
+                                params_base.fit_params_target[i] -= measured_bytes[i];
+                                params_base.fit_params_target[i] += refined_bytes[i];
+                            }
+                            measured_bytes = std::move(refined_bytes);
+                            SRV_TRC("[spec] refined MTP memory estimate at n_ctx=%" PRIu32 " is %.2f MiB\n",
+                                    cparams_dft.n_ctx, total / (1024.0 * 1024.0));
+                        }
+                    }
                 } catch (const std::exception & e) {
                     SRV_WRN("[spec] failed to measure %s memory: %s\n",
                             has_draft ? "draft model" : "MTP context", e.what());
