diff --git a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEFullyConnectedLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEFullyConnectedLayer.cpp
index 84bc004..cb7e2dc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEFullyConnectedLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEFullyConnectedLayer.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
     if(_impl->weights_manager != nullptr)
     {
-        _impl->weights_manager->manage(weights);
+        _impl->weights_manager->manage(_impl->original_weights);
     }
 
     _impl->aux_mem_req = _impl->op->workspace();
@@ -113,11 +113,13 @@
         // Handle weights managed infrastructure
         if(_impl->weights_manager != nullptr && _impl->weights_manager->are_weights_managed(_impl->original_weights))
         {
-            // If function marks b as unused ensure that all prepare stages are done before releasing
+            // Ensure that b gets marked as unused (memory released) only after the last function which uses b also finishes its prepare
+            // This is for cases where multiple functions share the same b (weights)
+            // Therefore when a function marks original b as unused, we pre-mark it in weights manager, and mark it back to used so that it doesn't get released before its last reference
             const ITensor *original_b = _impl->original_weights;
             if(!original_b->is_used())
             {
-                _impl->weights_manager->mark_as_unused(original_b);
+                _impl->weights_manager->pre_mark_as_unused(original_b);
             }
             _impl->original_weights->mark_as_used();
             _impl->weights_manager->release(_impl->original_weights);