diff --git a/comfy/model_management.py b/comfy/model_management.py
index 222005b6f..5b0a01149 100644
--- a/comfy/model_management.py
+++ b/comfy/model_management.py
@@ -1545,7 +1545,14 @@ def pin_memory(tensor):
 
     size = tensor.nbytes
     comfy.memory_management.extra_ram_release(comfy.memory_management.RAM_CACHE_HEADROOM)
-    ensure_pin_registerable(size)
+    # Respect the host-RAM budget like the dynamic-VRAM pin path (comfy/pinned_memory.py)
+    # already does. Without this gate the static load path keeps cudaHostRegister-ing
+    # offloaded weights toward MAX_PINNED_MEMORY (90% of RAM on Linux) regardless of how
+    # little RAM is actually free, so unswappable pages fill RAM+swap and large model
+    # loads stall (issue #13730). When the budget cannot be met, skip pinning and leave
+    # the weight in pageable RAM (still correct, just not pinned).
+    if not ensure_pin_budget(size) or not ensure_pin_registerable(size):
+        return False
 
     ptr = tensor.data_ptr()
     if ptr == 0: