diff --git a/tortoise/utils/device.py b/tortoise/utils/device.py
index b4d51ea..8b31ecc 100755
--- a/tortoise/utils/device.py
+++ b/tortoise/utils/device.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import torch
 import psutil
 import importlib
+import os
 
 DEVICE_OVERRIDE = None
 DEVICE_BATCH_SIZE_MAP = [(14, 16), (10,8), (7,4)]
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ DEVICE_BATCH_SIZE_MAP = [(14, 16), (10,8), (7,4)]
 from inspect import currentframe, getframeinfo
 import gc
 
+is_WSL = 'wsl' in os.popen("uname -r").read().tolower()
+
 def xpu_get_mem(device=0):
     total_memory = ipex.xpu.get_device_properties(device).total_memory
     return total_memory, total_memory - torch.xpu.memory_allocated(device)
@@ -19,10 +22,11 @@ def do_gc():
     except Exception as e:
         pass
 
-    try:
-        torch.xpu.empty_cache()
-    except Exception as e:
-        pass
+    if not is_WSL:
+        try:
+            torch.xpu.empty_cache()
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
 
 def print_stats(collect=False):
     cf = currentframe().f_back