diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
index b0738bf27..2d031aa03 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ from transformers import (
     TrainerState,
     TrainingArguments,
 )
-from transformers.trainer_utils import PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR, IntervalStrategy
+from transformers.trainer_utils import (
+    PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR,
+    IntervalStrategy,
+    SaveStrategy,
+)
 from trl.models import unwrap_model_for_generation
 
 from axolotl.utils import is_comet_available, is_mlflow_available
@@ -879,6 +883,17 @@ class GCCallback(TrainerCallback):
             self.next_gc_on_begin_step = state.global_step + 1
         elif self.gc_steps > 0 and state.global_step % self.gc_steps == 0:
             self._gc()
+        elif (
+            args.save_strategy == SaveStrategy.STEPS
+            and state.save_steps > 0
+            and state.global_step % state.save_steps == 0
+        ):
+            # gc on save steps in case anything is loaded to CPU RAM like offloaded tensors
+            self._gc()
+        elif state.global_step >= state.max_steps:
+            if args.save_strategy == SaveStrategy.STEPS:
+                # gc on save steps in case anything is loaded to CPU RAM like offloaded tensors
+                self._gc()
 
     def on_epoch_end(
         self, args, state, control, **kwargs  # pylint: disable=unused-argument