diff --git a/integration/basic_test.go b/integration/basic_test.go
index 414061479..351a1e388 100644
--- a/integration/basic_test.go
+++ b/integration/basic_test.go
@@ -144,3 +144,47 @@ func TestUnicodeModelDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ChatTestHelper(ctx, t, req, blueSkyExpected)
 }
+
+// TestNumPredict verifies that when num_predict is set, the model generates
+// exactly that many tokens. It uses logprobs to count the actual tokens output.
+func TestNumPredict(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	client, _, cleanup := InitServerConnection(ctx, t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	if err := PullIfMissing(ctx, client, "qwen3:0.6b"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to pull model: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	req := api.GenerateRequest{
+		Model:    "qwen3:0.6b",
+		Prompt:   "Write a long story.",
+		Stream:   &stream,
+		Logprobs: true,
+		Options: map[string]any{
+			"num_predict": 10,
+			"temperature": 0,
+			"seed":        123,
+		},
+	}
+
+	logprobCount := 0
+	var finalResponse api.GenerateResponse
+	err := client.Generate(ctx, &req, func(resp api.GenerateResponse) error {
+		logprobCount += len(resp.Logprobs)
+		if resp.Done {
+			finalResponse = resp
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("generate failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if logprobCount != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 10 tokens (logprobs), got %d (EvalCount=%d, DoneReason=%s)",
+			logprobCount, finalResponse.EvalCount, finalResponse.DoneReason)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
index 048facde8..f4baf395b 100644
--- a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
@@ -514,13 +514,6 @@ func (s *Server) forwardBatch(pendingBatch batchState) (nextBatch batchState, er
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// if past the num predict limit
-		if seq.numPredict > 0 && seq.numPredicted >= seq.numPredict {
-			s.removeSequence(seqIdx, llm.DoneReasonLength)
-			nextBatch.seqs[seqIdx] = nil
-			continue
-		}
-
 		if !s.cache.enabled {
 			seq.inputs = append(seq.cache.Inputs, seq.inputs...)
 			seq.cache.Inputs = []*input.Input{}
@@ -709,7 +702,6 @@ func (s *Server) computeBatch(activeBatch batchState) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		seq.numPredicted++
 		nextToken := &input.Input{Token: 0} // placeholder we'll fill in after Compute/Floats
 		seq.inputs = []*input.Input{nextToken}
 		nextBatchTokens[i] = nextToken
@@ -745,7 +737,9 @@ func (s *Server) computeBatch(activeBatch batchState) {
 			logutil.Trace("computeBatch: sequence replaced, discarding its results", "batchID", activeBatch.id, "seqIdx", i)
 			continue
 		}
+
 		seq.lastUpdatedAt = t
+		seq.numPredicted++
 		if seq.numPredicted == 1 {
 			seq.processingDuration = seq.lastUpdatedAt.Sub(seq.startedAt)
 			seq.startedAt = seq.lastUpdatedAt
@@ -791,6 +785,13 @@ func (s *Server) computeBatch(activeBatch batchState) {
 		}
 
 		seq.pendingResponses = append(seq.pendingResponses, piece)
+
+		// if past the num predict limit
+		if seq.numPredict > 0 && seq.numPredicted >= seq.numPredict {
+			s.removeSequence(i, llm.DoneReasonLength)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		sequence := strings.Join(seq.pendingResponses, "")
 
 		if ok, stop := common.FindStop(sequence, seq.stop); ok {