diff --git a/vllm/config/parallel.py b/vllm/config/parallel.py
index 909e4418f4..7c270b0c0e 100644
--- a/vllm/config/parallel.py
+++ b/vllm/config/parallel.py
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ class ParallelConfig:
             )
             and self.enable_expert_parallel
             and self.tensor_parallel_size > 1
+            and self.data_parallel_size > 1
         )
 
     @property