diff --git a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.cpp b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.cpp
index a1252edfee..49971cba8c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.cpp
@@ -54,8 +54,14 @@ VoiceActivityDetection::preprocess(std::span<float> waveform) const {
   return frameBuffer;
 }
 
+void VoiceActivityDetection::unload() noexcept {
+  std::scoped_lock lock(inference_mutex_);
+  BaseModel::unload();
+}
+
 std::vector<types::Segment>
 VoiceActivityDetection::generate(std::span<float> waveform) const {
+  std::scoped_lock lock(inference_mutex_);
 
   auto windowedInput = preprocess(waveform);
   auto [chunksNumber, remainder] = std::div(
diff --git a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.h b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.h
index e692889305..d2f2b1f9e6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.h
+++ b/packages/react-native-executorch/common/rnexecutorch/models/voice_activity_detection/VoiceActivityDetection.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <executorch/extension/tensor/tensor.h>
 #include <executorch/extension/tensor/tensor_ptr.h>
 #include <executorch/runtime/core/evalue.h>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <span>
 
 #include "rnexecutorch/metaprogramming/ConstructorHelpers.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,19 @@ class VoiceActivityDetection : public BaseModel {
   [[nodiscard("Registered non-void function")]] std::vector<types::Segment>
   generate(std::span<float> waveform) const;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Thread-safe unload that waits for any in-flight inference to
+   * complete.
+   *
+   * Mirrors VisionModel::unload(). Without this, BaseModel::unload() can
+   * destroy module_ while generate() is still calling forward() on a worker
+   * thread, causing SIGILL / SIGSEGV crashes.
+   */
+  void unload() noexcept;
+
 private:
+  mutable std::mutex inference_mutex_;
+
   std::vector<std::array<float, constants::kPaddedWindowSize>>
   preprocess(std::span<float> waveform) const;
   std::vector<types::Segment> postprocess(const std::vector<float> &scores,