diff --git a/modules/evaluate.py b/modules/evaluate.py
index a569674e..4b5335ff 100644
--- a/modules/evaluate.py
+++ b/modules/evaluate.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from datasets import load_dataset
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from modules import shared
-from modules.models import load_model, unload_model
+from modules.models import clear_torch_cache, load_model, unload_model
 from modules.models_settings import get_model_metadata, update_model_parameters
 from modules.text_generation import encode
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def calculate_perplexity(models, input_dataset, stride, _max_length):
             input_ids = encodings[:, begin_loc:end_loc]
             target_ids = input_ids.clone()
             target_ids[:, :-trg_len] = -100
-
+            clear_torch_cache()
             with torch.no_grad():
                 outputs = shared.model(input_ids=input_ids, labels=target_ids)
 
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ def calculate_perplexity(models, input_dataset, stride, _max_length):
                 neg_log_likelihood = outputs.loss
 
             nlls.append(neg_log_likelihood)
-
             prev_end_loc = end_loc
             if end_loc == seq_len:
                 break