diff --git a/vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/model.py b/vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/model.py
index 7e06e23107..a008d17cb6 100644
--- a/vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/model.py
+++ b/vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/model.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class KimiMoE(nn.Module):
         min_moe_intermediate_per_partition = getattr(
             config, "min_moe_intermediate_per_partition", 256
         )
-        if self.tp_size > 1:
+        if self.tp_size > 1 and not vllm_config.parallel_config.enable_expert_parallel:
             moe_intermediate_per_partition = moe_intermediate_size // self.tp_size
             if moe_intermediate_per_partition < min_moe_intermediate_per_partition:
                 self.padded_moe_intermediate_size = (