diff --git a/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/inference_adapter.py b/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/inference_adapter.py
index 26081b13..93565232 100644
--- a/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/inference_adapter.py
+++ b/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/inference_adapter.py
@@ -138,6 +138,22 @@ def get_raw_result(self, infer_result: dict) -> dict:
                     ...
                 }
         """
+    @abstractmethod
+    def copy_raw_result(self, infer_result: dict) -> dict:
+        """Gets raw results, detached from any buffer owned by the inference request.
+
+        Async callbacks post-process results while the underlying request may already be
+        recycled for the next input, and several model wrappers post-process arrays
+        in place. Adapters whose `get_raw_result` returns views into request-owned memory
+        must override this to return copies; for adapters that already return independent
+        data, the default delegation is correct.
+
+        Args:
+            - infer_result (dict): framework-specific result of inference from the model
+
+        Returns:
+            - raw result (dict), in the same format as `get_raw_result`
+        """
 
     @abstractmethod
     def set_callback(self, callback_fn: Callable):
diff --git a/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/openvino_adapter.py b/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/openvino_adapter.py
index d8943b03..368bf72f 100644
--- a/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/openvino_adapter.py
+++ b/model_api/src/model_api/adapters/openvino_adapter.py
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ def __init__(
         )
         self.is_onnx_file = False
         self.onnx_metadata = {}
+        # Lazily built by `get_output_layers()`; reset whenever `self.model` is replaced
+        # or reshaped. See `get_output_layers()` for why caching matters.
+        self._output_layers_cache: dict[str, Metadata] | None = None
         self.preprocessor = lambda arg: arg
         self.use_python_preprocessing = False
 
@@ -307,8 +310,21 @@ def get_layout_for_input(
         return input_layout
 
     def get_output_layers(self) -> dict[str, Metadata]:
+        """Return output layer metadata, computing it at most once per model topology.
+
+        This is called from the async inference callbacks (via `get_raw_result` /
+        `copy_raw_result`), which run on OpenVINO worker threads - potentially one per
+        in-flight InferRequest. Rebuilding the metadata there walked the whole `ov.Model`
+        graph (`get_ordered_ops()`) on every single inference, which is both a large
+        per-image cost and concurrent unsynchronised access to a shared, non-thread-safe
+        `ov.Model`. The result only depends on the topology, so it is cached and
+        invalidated whenever the model is reshaped or rebuilt.
+        """
+        if self._output_layers_cache is not None:
+            return self._output_layers_cache
+
         outputs = {}
-        for i, output in enumerate(self.model.outputs):
+        for output in self.model.outputs:
             output_shape = output.partial_shape.get_min_shape() if self.model.is_dynamic() else output.shape
 
             output_name = output.get_any_name() if output.get_names() else output
@@ -317,7 +333,12 @@ def get_output_layers(self) -> dict[str, Metadata]:
                 list(output_shape),
                 precision=output.get_element_type().get_type_name(),
             )
-        return self._get_meta_from_ngraph(outputs)
+        self._output_layers_cache = self._get_meta_from_ngraph(outputs)
+        return self._output_layers_cache
+
+    def _invalidate_layer_cache(self) -> None:
+        """Drop cached layer metadata after the underlying `ov.Model` changed."""
+        self._output_layers_cache = None
 
     def reshape_model(self, new_shape):
         new_shape = {
@@ -327,6 +348,7 @@ def reshape_model(self, new_shape):
             for name, shape in new_shape.items()
         }
         self.model.reshape(new_shape)
+        self._invalidate_layer_cache()
 
     def get_raw_result(self, request: ov.InferRequest) -> dict[str, ndarray]:
         return {key: request.get_tensor(key).data for key in self.get_output_layers()}
@@ -542,6 +564,7 @@ def embed_preprocessing(  # noqa: C901
             ppp.input(input_idx).preprocess().scale(scale)
 
         self.model = ppp.build()
+        self._invalidate_layer_cache()
         self.load_model()
 
     def get_model(self):
diff --git a/model_api/src/model_api/models/model.py b/model_api/src/model_api/models/model.py
index 25e7f326..ce600042 100644
--- a/model_api/src/model_api/models/model.py
+++ b/model_api/src/model_api/models/model.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def infer_async(self, input_data: dict, user_data: Any):
             (
                 self,
                 meta,
-                self.inference_adapter.get_raw_result,
+                self.inference_adapter.copy_raw_result,
                 self.postprocess,
                 self.callback_fn,
                 user_data,