diff --git a/test/quantization/test_quant_api.py b/test/quantization/test_quant_api.py
index a1b29320de..e61ce7b4fb 100644
--- a/test/quantization/test_quant_api.py
+++ b/test/quantization/test_quant_api.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 from torchao.utils import unwrap_tensor_subclass
 import copy
 import tempfile
+import gc
 from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import TestCase
 
 
@@ -680,6 +681,29 @@ def test_quantized_tensor_subclass_save_load_map_location(self):
         res = m_copy(*example_inputs)
         self.assertEqual(res, ref)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(not TORCH_VERSION_AT_LEAST_2_4, "Test only enabled for 2.4+")
+    @unittest.skipIf(not torch.cuda.is_available(), "Need CUDA available")
+    def test_quantized_model_streaming(self):
+        def reset_memory():
+            gc.collect()
+            torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+            torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+
+        reset_memory()
+        m = ToyLinearModel()
+        quantize_(m.to(device="cuda"), int8_weight_only())
+        memory_baseline = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated()
+
+        del m
+        reset_memory()
+        m = ToyLinearModel()
+        quantize_(m, int8_weight_only(), device="cuda")
+        memory_streaming = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated()
+
+        for param in m.parameters():
+            assert param.is_cuda
+        self.assertLess(memory_streaming, memory_baseline)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/torchao/quantization/quant_api.py b/torchao/quantization/quant_api.py
index a0ad665eac..49345adf39 100644
--- a/torchao/quantization/quant_api.py
+++ b/torchao/quantization/quant_api.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def _replace_with_custom_fn_if_matches_filter(
     replacement_fn,
     filter_fn,
     cur_fqn="",
+    device=None,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Recursively replaces each child module in `model` with the result of `replacement_fn(child)`
@@ -171,20 +172,25 @@ def _replace_with_custom_fn_if_matches_filter(
         replacement_fn (Callable[[torch.nn.Module], torch.nn.Module]): The function to replace matching modules.
         filter_fn (Callable[[torch.nn.Module], bool]): The filter function to determine which modules to replace.
         cur_fqn (str, optional): The current fully qualified name of the module being processed. Defaults to "".
+        device (device, optional): Device to move the model to before applying `filter_fn`. Defaults to None.
 
     Returns:
         None
     """
     if filter_fn(model, cur_fqn[:-1]):
+        if device is not None:
+            model.to(device=device)  # move to device before quantization
         model = replacement_fn(model)
         return model
     else:
         for name, child in model.named_children():
             new_child = _replace_with_custom_fn_if_matches_filter(
-                child, replacement_fn, filter_fn, f"{cur_fqn}{name}."
+                child, replacement_fn, filter_fn, f"{cur_fqn}{name}.", device
             )
             if new_child is not child:
                 setattr(model, name, new_child)
+        if device is not None:
+            model.to(device=device)  # move parent module to device
         return model
 
 
@@ -269,7 +275,13 @@ def insert_subclass(lin):
 
     return insert_subclass
 
-def quantize_(model: torch.nn.Module, apply_tensor_subclass: Callable[[torch.nn.Module], torch.nn.Module], filter_fn: Optional[Callable[[torch.nn.Module, str], bool]]=None, set_inductor_config: bool=True):
+def quantize_(
+    model: torch.nn.Module,
+    apply_tensor_subclass: Callable[[torch.nn.Module], torch.nn.Module],
+    filter_fn: Optional[Callable[[torch.nn.Module, str], bool]] = None,
+    set_inductor_config: bool = True,
+    device: Optional[torch.types.Device] = None,
+):
     """Convert the weight of linear modules in the model with `apply_tensor_subclass`, model is modified inplace
 
     Args:
@@ -278,6 +290,8 @@ def quantize_(model: torch.nn.Module, apply_tensor_subclass: Callable[[torch.nn.
         filter_fn (Optional[Callable[[torch.nn.Module, str], bool]]): function that takes a nn.Module instance and fully qualified name of the module, returns True if we want to run `apply_tensor_subclass` on
         the weight of the module
         set_inductor_config (bool, optional): Whether to automatically use recommended inductor config settings (defaults to True)
+        device (device, optional): Device to move module to before applying `filter_fn`. This can be set to `"cuda"` to speed up quantization. The final model will be on the specified `device`.
+            Defaults to None (do not change device).
 
     Example::
 
@@ -329,6 +343,7 @@ def filter_fn(module: nn.Module, fqn: str) -> bool:
         model,
         apply_tensor_subclass,
         _is_linear if filter_fn is None else filter_fn,
+        device=device,
     )
 
 def _int8_asymm_per_token_quant(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor: