diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
index 46934d530b..7da377146d 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -1806,7 +1806,14 @@ def get_kv_cache_config_from_groups(
         layers_by_spec: defaultdict[KVCacheSpec, list[str]] = defaultdict(list)
         if isinstance(group_spec, UniformTypeKVCacheSpecs):
             for layer_name, spec in group_spec.kv_cache_specs.items():
-                layers_by_spec[spec].append(layer_name)
+                # Fork (E2 PP fix #54793, dropped in the v0.30.0 rebase, restored
+                # the vLLM 0.30 rebase): _project_kv_cache_groups_to_worker keeps the GLOBAL
+                # UniformTypeKVCacheSpecs for a group with no layer on this PP
+                # stage, so without this filter the worker gets a tensor for
+                # another stage's layer and allocate_kv_cache's group lookup
+                # raises StopIteration (Flash-Next PP1: the layer-2 PLE state).
+                if layer_name in group.layer_names:
+                    layers_by_spec[spec].append(layer_name)
         elif group.layer_names:
             layers_by_spec[group_spec].extend(group.layer_names)