diff --git a/fastdeploy/spec_decode/mtp.py b/fastdeploy/spec_decode/mtp.py
index 279e4cd42d8..f333d43e411 100644
--- a/fastdeploy/spec_decode/mtp.py
+++ b/fastdeploy/spec_decode/mtp.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
+import time
 from typing import List
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 from fastdeploy import envs
 from fastdeploy.config import FDConfig
 from fastdeploy.engine.request import Request, RequestType
+from fastdeploy.inter_communicator import IPCSignal
 from fastdeploy.model_executor.forward_meta import ForwardMeta
 from fastdeploy.model_executor.layers.attention import get_attention_backend
 from fastdeploy.model_executor.layers.attention.base_attention_backend import (
@@ -205,7 +207,30 @@ def initialize_kv_cache(self, main_model_num_blocks, profile: bool = False):
         if kv_cache_quant_type == "block_wise_fp8":
             kv_cache_scale_shape = [key_cache_shape[0], key_cache_shape[1], key_cache_shape[2]]
         local_rank = self.local_rank % self.parallel_config.tensor_parallel_size
-        if not profile and self.scheduler_config.splitwise_role != "mixed":
+
+        cache_ready_signal_data = np.zeros(shape=[self.parallel_config.tensor_parallel_size], dtype=np.int32)
+        cache_ready_signal = IPCSignal(
+            name="cache_ready_signal",
+            array=cache_ready_signal_data,
+            dtype=np.int32,
+            suffix=self.parallel_config.engine_worker_queue_port,
+            create=False,
+        )
+
+        # Check if gpu runner needs to create kv cache
+        # 1. During profiling, it creates its own kv cache.
+        # 2. GPU runner creates kv cache tensor unless p/d disaggregation is enabled.
+        create_cache_tensor = profile or self.scheduler_config.splitwise_role == "mixed"
+
+        if not create_cache_tensor:
+            logger.info(f"Waiting for cache managers to create kv cache.. {cache_ready_signal.value}")
+            while cache_ready_signal.value[local_rank] != 1:
+                time.sleep(1)
+            logger.info(f"OK! Stop waiting. {cache_ready_signal.value}")
+
+        logger.info(f"Initializing kv cache for all layers. {cache_ready_signal.value}")
+
+        if not create_cache_tensor:
             cache_kvs_list = []
             for i in range(
                 self.num_main_model_layers,