diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
index 752d55c216604..6f4427c55c50e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int64_t  n_group;
     int64_t  n_seq_tokens;
     int64_t  n_seqs;
+    int64_t  s_off;
     uint64_t nb01;
     uint64_t nb02;
     uint64_t nb03;
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
index 44ddc69d08f1c..de7d33046fc23 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
@@ -2986,6 +2986,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
                     /*.n_group      =*/ n_group,
                     /*.n_seq_tokens =*/ n_seq_tokens,
                     /*.n_seqs       =*/ n_seqs,
+                    /*.s_off        =*/ ggml_nelements(src1) * sizeof(float),
                     /*.nb01         =*/ nb01,
                     /*.nb02         =*/ nb02,
                     /*.nb03         =*/ nb03,
@@ -3016,7 +3017,8 @@ static bool ggml_metal_encode_node(
 
                 if (ne30 == 1) {
                     // Mamba-2
-                    [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake(d_inner, n_head, n_seqs) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(1, 1, 1)];
+                    [encoder setThreadgroupMemoryLength:32*sizeof(float) atIndex:0]; // SIMD size
+                    [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake(d_inner, n_head, n_seqs) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(d_state, 1, 1)];
                 } else {
                     GGML_ASSERT(d_inner == 1);
                     [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake(n_head, n_seqs, 1) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(1, 1, 1)];
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
index 13235e2885241..ac2895b5164f6 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
@@ -1752,7 +1752,6 @@ kernel void kernel_ssm_scan_f32(
 }
 
 // ref: ggml.c:ggml_compute_forward_ssm_scan_f32, Mamba-2 part
-// TODO: optimize (e.g. by parallelizing over d_state)
 kernel void kernel_ssm_scan_f32_group(
         device const void * src0,
         device const void * src1,
@@ -1762,10 +1761,14 @@ kernel void kernel_ssm_scan_f32_group(
         device const void * src5,
         device const void * src6,
         device      float * dst,
+        threadgroup float * shared [[threadgroup(0)]],
         constant ggml_metal_kargs_ssm_scan & args,
-        uint3 tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
-        uint3 tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
-        uint3   ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]]) {
+        uint3  tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3  tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        ushort sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]],
+        ushort tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        uint3    ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]]) {
+
     const int64_t i1 = tgpig.x;
     const int64_t ir = tgpig.y; // current head
     const int64_t i3 = tgpig.z; // current seq
@@ -1780,7 +1783,7 @@ kernel void kernel_ssm_scan_f32_group(
     const int64_t ng  = args.n_group;
     const int64_t n_t = args.n_seq_tokens;
 
-    const int64_t s_off = nr * nh * n_t * args.n_seqs * sizeof(float);
+    const int64_t s_off = args.s_off;
 
     device const int32_t * ids = (device const int32_t *) src6;
 
@@ -1798,15 +1801,31 @@ kernel void kernel_ssm_scan_f32_group(
         const float dt_soft_plus = dt[0] <= 20.0f ? log(1.0f + exp(dt[0])) : dt[0];
         const float x_dt = x[0] * dt_soft_plus;
         const float dA = exp(dt_soft_plus * A[0]);
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
         float sumf = 0.0f;
 
-        for (int64_t i0 = 0; i0 < nc; ++i0) {
-            const int64_t i = i0 + i1*nc;
-            const float state = (s0[i] * dA) + (B[i0] * x_dt);
-            sumf += state * C[i0];
-            s[i] = state;
+        const int64_t i = tpitg.x + i1*nc;
+        const float state = (s0[i] * dA) + (B[tpitg.x] * x_dt);
+        sumf += state * C[tpitg.x];
+        s[i] = state;
+
+        sumf = simd_sum(sumf);
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // Use the shared buffer to hold the sum of each simd group
+        if (tiisg == 0) {
+            shared[sgitg] = sumf;
         }
 
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // Sum the simd buckets
+        sumf = shared[tiisg];
+        sumf = simd_sum(sumf);
+
         y[0] = sumf;
 
         // recurse