diff --git a/tools/server/server.cpp b/tools/server/server.cpp
index f32f3c86aad2c..129d013ac75f7 100644
--- a/tools/server/server.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server.cpp
@@ -2251,6 +2251,14 @@ struct server_context {
             slot.has_next_token = true;
         }
 
+        // if context shifting is disabled, make sure that we don't run out of context
+        if (!params_base.ctx_shift && slot.n_past + 1 >= slot.n_ctx) {
+            slot.stop           = STOP_TYPE_LIMIT;
+            slot.has_next_token = false;
+
+            SLT_DBG(slot, "stopped due to running out of context, n_past = %d, n_ctx = %d\n", slot.n_past, slot.n_ctx);
+        }
+
         // check the limits
         if (slot.n_decoded > 0 && slot.has_next_token && !slot.has_budget(params_base)) {
             slot.stop           = STOP_TYPE_LIMIT;
diff --git a/tools/server/tests/unit/test_ctx_shift.py b/tools/server/tests/unit/test_ctx_shift.py
index be93a6d31f410..2431ac70882d7 100644
--- a/tools/server/tests/unit/test_ctx_shift.py
+++ b/tools/server/tests/unit/test_ctx_shift.py
@@ -65,3 +65,21 @@ def test_ctx_shift_disabled_long_prompt():
     assert res.status_code != 200
     assert "error" in res.body
     assert "exceeds the available context size" in res.body["error"]["message"]
+
+def test_ctx_shift_disabled_stream():
+    global server
+    server.disable_ctx_shift = True
+    server.start()
+    res = server.make_stream_request("POST", "/v1/completions", data={
+        "n_predict": 256,
+        "prompt": "Once",
+        "stream": True,
+    })
+    content = ""
+    for data in res:
+        choice = data["choices"][0]
+        if choice["finish_reason"] == "length":
+            assert len(content) > 0
+        else:
+            assert choice["finish_reason"] is None
+            content += choice["text"]