diff --git a/loader.py b/loader.py
index 54c0bfc..7c8120e 100644
--- a/loader.py
+++ b/loader.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import gguf
 
 from .ops import GGMLTensor
+from .dequant import is_quantized
 
 IMG_ARCH_LIST = {"flux", "sd1", "sdxl", "sd3", "aura", "ltxv", "hyvid"}
 TXT_ARCH_LIST = {"t5", "t5encoder", "llama"}
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ def gguf_sd_loader(path, handle_prefix="model.diffusion_model.", return_arch=Fal
         state_dict[sd_key] = GGMLTensor(torch_tensor, tensor_type=tensor.tensor_type, tensor_shape=shape)
         qtype_dict[tensor_type_str] = qtype_dict.get(tensor_type_str, 0) + 1
 
+    # mark largest tensor for vram estimation
+    qsd = {k:v for k,v in state_dict.items() if is_quantized(v)}
+    max_key = max(qsd.keys(), key=lambda k: qsd[k].numel())
+    state_dict[max_key].is_largest_weight = True
+
     # sanity check debug print
     print("\nggml_sd_loader:")
     for k,v in qtype_dict.items():
diff --git a/ops.py b/ops.py
index 22342a0..422ef2e 100644
--- a/ops.py
+++ b/ops.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class GGMLLayer(torch.nn.Module):
     comfy_cast_weights = True
     dequant_dtype = None
     patch_dtype = None
+    largest_layer = False
     torch_compatible_tensor_types = {None, gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F32, gguf.GGMLQuantizationType.F16}
 
     def is_ggml_quantized(self, *, weight=None, bias=None):
@@ -87,12 +88,17 @@ def ggml_load_from_state_dict(self, state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict,
                 self.bias = torch.nn.Parameter(v, requires_grad=False)
             else:
                 unexpected_keys.append(k)
+
         # For Linear layer with missing weight
         if self.weight is None and isinstance(self, torch.nn.Linear):
             v = torch.zeros(self.in_features, self.out_features)
             self.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(v, requires_grad=False)
             missing_keys.append(prefix+"weight")
 
+        # for vram estimation (TODO: less fragile logic?)
+        if getattr(self.weight, "is_largest_weight", False):
+            self.largest_layer = True
+
     def _save_to_state_dict(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.is_ggml_quantized():
             return self.ggml_save_to_state_dict(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -105,9 +111,16 @@ def ggml_save_to_state_dict(self, destination, prefix, keep_vars):
         if self.bias is not None:
             bias = torch.zeros_like(self.bias, device=torch.device("meta"))
             destination[prefix + "bias"] = bias
-        return
 
-        # This would return the actual state dict
+        # Take into account space required for dequantizing the largest tensor
+        if self.largest_layer:
+            shape = getattr(self.weight, "tensor_shape", self.weight.shape)
+            dtype = self.dequant_dtype or torch.float16
+            temp = torch.empty(*shape, device=torch.device("meta"), dtype=dtype)
+            destination[prefix + "temp.weight"] = temp
+
+        return
+        # This would return the dequantized state dict
         destination[prefix + "weight"] = self.get_weight(self.weight)
         if bias is not None:
             destination[prefix + "bias"] = self.get_weight(self.bias)