diff --git a/breakmodel.py b/breakmodel.py
index d112e4b5..087a112a 100644
--- a/breakmodel.py
+++ b/breakmodel.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ import torch
 import torch.cuda.comm
 import copy
 import gc
+import sys
 import itertools
 import bisect
 
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ def move_hidden_layers(transformer):
     transformer.extrastorage = {}
     torch.cuda.empty_cache()
     
+    able_to_pin_layers = True
     for i in range(ram_blocks):
         transformer.h[i].to("cpu")
         transformer.extrastorage[i] = copy.deepcopy(transformer.h[i])
@@ -246,7 +248,13 @@ def move_hidden_layers(transformer):
         transformer.h[i].to(primary_device)
         for param in transformer.extrastorage[i].parameters():
             param.requires_grad = False
-            param.data = param.data.detach().pin_memory()
+            param.data = param.data.detach()
+            if able_to_pin_layers:
+                try:
+                    param.data = param.data.pin_memory()
+                except:
+                    able_to_pin_layers = False
+                    print(f"WARNING:  You only have enough shared GPU memory for {i} out of {ram_blocks} CPU layers.  Expect suboptimal speed.", file=sys.stderr)
             gc.collect()
             torch.cuda.empty_cache()