diff --git a/src/fairseq2/models/llama/builder.py b/src/fairseq2/models/llama/builder.py
index f29363b13..72de64215 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/models/llama/builder.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/models/llama/builder.py
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class LLaMABuilder:
     """
 
     config: LLaMAConfig
+    pos_encoder: Optional[RotaryEncoder]
     device: Optional[Device]
     dtype: Optional[DataType]
 
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ def __init__(
             The data type of module parameters and buffers.
         """
         self.config = config
+        self.pos_encoder = None
         self.device = device
         self.dtype = dtype
 
@@ -297,19 +299,20 @@ def build_attention(
         """Build a Transformer multi-head attention layer."""
         sdpa = create_default_sdpa(attn_dropout_p=self.config.dropout_p)
 
-        pos_encoder = RotaryEncoder(
-            self.config.model_dim // num_heads,
-            self.config.max_seq_len,
-            device=self.device,
-            dtype=self.dtype,
-        )
+        if self.pos_encoder is None:
+            self.pos_encoder = RotaryEncoder(
+                self.config.model_dim // num_heads,
+                self.config.max_seq_len,
+                device=self.device,
+                dtype=self.dtype,
+            )
 
         return StandardMultiheadAttention(
             self.config.model_dim,
             num_heads,
             num_key_value_heads=num_key_value_heads,
             sdpa=sdpa,
-            pos_encoder=pos_encoder,
+            pos_encoder=self.pos_encoder,
             bias=False,
             device=self.device,
             dtype=self.dtype,