diff --git a/megatron/core/transformer/multi_token_prediction.py b/megatron/core/transformer/multi_token_prediction.py
index 70dea10bf36..7b85939e1e7 100755
--- a/megatron/core/transformer/multi_token_prediction.py
+++ b/megatron/core/transformer/multi_token_prediction.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def tie_output_layer_state_dict(
     )
 
 
-def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=None, packed_seq_params=None):
+def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=None, packed_seq_params=None, fill_value=0):
     """Roll the tensor input along the sequence dimension with Context Parallelism (CP) support.
 
     This function extends the original roll_tensor to support Context Parallelism, which allows
@@ -153,17 +153,21 @@ def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=None, packed_seq_params=Non
                                falls back to standard rolling behavior.
         packed_seq_params (PackedSeqParams): Parameters for packed sequence processing.
                                             If provided, respects sequence boundaries.
+        fill_value: Value to fill at sequence boundaries where no source token exists.
+                    Defaults to 0; padding masks should pass ``True``.
     Returns:
         tuple: (rolled_tensor, sum_of_rolled_tensor)
     """
     # Handle packed sequences cases
     if packed_seq_params is not None:
-        return _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group)
+        return _roll_tensor_packed_seq(
+            tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group, fill_value=fill_value
+        )
 
     # Standard rolling behavior when CP is not enabled (cp_group is None or size=1)
     if cp_group is None or cp_group.size() == 1:
         rolled_tensor = torch.roll(tensor, shifts=shifts, dims=dims)
-        rolled_tensor.select(dims, shifts).fill_(0)
+        rolled_tensor.select(dims, shifts).fill_(fill_value)
         return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
 
     # CP-enabled rolling: Split tensor into chunks and handle boundary communication
@@ -200,8 +204,7 @@ def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=None, packed_seq_params=Non
         req_recv_second_part = torch.distributed.irecv(tensor=tensor_recv_list[1], src=prev_rank)
         ops.append(req_recv_second_part)
     else:
-        # Inserted elements are set to be 0.0.
-        tensor_recv_list[1] = 0
+        tensor_recv_list[1] = fill_value
     if local_rank != len(global_ranks) - 1:
         req_recv_first_part = torch.distributed.irecv(tensor=tensor_recv_list[0], src=next_rank)
         ops.append(req_recv_first_part)
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ def roll_tensor(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=None, packed_seq_params=Non
     return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
 
 
-def _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group=None):
+def _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group=None, fill_value=0):
     """Roll tensor with packed sequence support.
     This function handles rolling for packed sequences by respecting sequence boundaries
     """
@@ -251,21 +254,38 @@ def _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group=No
     )
     assert cu_seqlens is not None, "Packed sequence parameters must provide cu_seqlens_q."
 
-    rolled_tensor = tensor.clone()
-
     cp_size = cp_group.size() if cp_group is not None else 1
     if cp_size == 1:
+        rolled_tensor = tensor.clone()
         # CP disabled: roll each packed sequence independently within its boundaries
         for i in range(len(cu_seqlens) - 1):
             start_idx = cu_seqlens[i]
             end_idx = cu_seqlens[i + 1]
             seq_slice = tensor[..., start_idx:end_idx]
             rolled_seq = torch.roll(seq_slice, shifts=shifts, dims=dims)
-            # Zero out the last position(s) that would cross sequence boundaries
-            rolled_seq[..., shifts:] = 0
+            rolled_seq[..., shifts:] = fill_value
             rolled_tensor[..., start_idx:end_idx] = rolled_seq
         return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
 
+    cp_partition_mode = getattr(packed_seq_params, 'cp_partition_mode', 'zigzag')
+    if cp_partition_mode == 'zigzag':
+        rolled_tensor = _roll_tensor_packed_seq_zigzag_cp(
+            tensor, shifts, dims, cu_seqlens, cp_group, fill_value=fill_value
+        )
+        return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
+    if cp_partition_mode == 'contiguous':
+        rolled_tensor = _roll_tensor_packed_seq_contiguous_cp(
+            tensor, dims, cu_seqlens, cp_group, fill_value=fill_value
+        )
+        return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
+    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported packed sequence CP partition mode: {cp_partition_mode}")
+
+
+def _roll_tensor_packed_seq_zigzag_cp(tensor, shifts, dims, cu_seqlens, cp_group, fill_value=0):
+    """Roll a zigzag-CP THD shard without crossing packed sequence boundaries."""
+    cp_size = cp_group.size()
+    rolled_tensor = tensor.clone()
+
     # CP enabled: each rank owns two chunks per sequence (front and mirrored tail).
     local_rank = torch.distributed.get_rank(group=cp_group)
     global_ranks = torch.distributed.get_process_group_ranks(group=cp_group)
@@ -314,7 +334,7 @@ def _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group=No
             ops.append(torch.distributed.isend(tensor=tensor_send_list[0], dst=prev_rank))
             ops.append(torch.distributed.irecv(tensor=tensor_recv_list[1], src=prev_rank))
         else:
-            tensor_recv_list[1].zero_()
+            tensor_recv_list[1].fill_(fill_value)
 
         if local_rank != cp_size - 1:
             ops.append(torch.distributed.irecv(tensor=tensor_recv_list[0], src=next_rank))
@@ -338,7 +358,55 @@ def _roll_tensor_packed_seq(tensor, shifts, dims, packed_seq_params, cp_group=No
         # update the rolled tensor
         rolled_tensor[..., local_start_idx:local_end_idx] = seq_result
 
-    return rolled_tensor, rolled_tensor.sum()
+    return rolled_tensor
+
+
+def _roll_tensor_packed_seq_contiguous_cp(tensor, dims, cu_seqlens, cp_group, fill_value=0):
+    """Roll a contiguous-CP THD shard without crossing packed sequence boundaries."""
+    local_seq_len = tensor.size(dims)
+    rolled_tensor = torch.roll(tensor, shifts=-1, dims=dims)
+    if local_seq_len == 0:
+        return rolled_tensor
+
+    cp_size = cp_group.size()
+    local_rank = torch.distributed.get_rank(group=cp_group)
+    global_ranks = torch.distributed.get_process_group_ranks(group=cp_group)
+
+    cu = cu_seqlens.to(device=tensor.device, dtype=torch.long)
+    if cu.numel() > 1:
+        nonduplicate_boundaries = torch.ones(cu.numel(), device=cu.device, dtype=torch.bool)
+        nonduplicate_boundaries[1:] = cu[1:] != cu[:-1]
+        cu = cu[nonduplicate_boundaries]
+    if cu.numel() <= 1:
+        rolled_tensor.fill_(fill_value)
+        return rolled_tensor
+
+    global_start = local_rank * local_seq_len
+    global_positions = global_start + torch.arange(local_seq_len, device=tensor.device)
+    seq_idx = torch.bucketize(global_positions, cu[1:], right=True).clamp(max=cu.numel() - 2)
+    seq_ends = cu[1:][seq_idx]
+    valid_next = (global_positions < cu[-1]) & (global_positions + 1 < seq_ends)
+
+    invalid_next = ~valid_next
+    rolled_tensor[..., invalid_next] = fill_value
+
+    recv_next_first = torch.empty_like(tensor.select(dims, 0))
+    ops = []
+    if local_rank < cp_size - 1:
+        next_rank = global_ranks[local_rank + 1]
+        ops.append(torch.distributed.irecv(tensor=recv_next_first, src=next_rank))
+    if local_rank > 0:
+        prev_rank = global_ranks[local_rank - 1]
+        send_first = tensor.select(dims, 0).contiguous()
+        ops.append(torch.distributed.isend(tensor=send_first, dst=prev_rank))
+    for op in ops:
+        op.wait()
+
+    if local_rank < cp_size - 1:
+        last = rolled_tensor.select(dims, -1)
+        last.copy_(torch.where(valid_next[-1], recv_next_first, last))
+
+    return rolled_tensor
 
 
 class MTPLossLoggingHelper:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/transformer/test_multi_token_prediction.py b/tests/unit_tests/transformer/test_multi_token_prediction.py
index 1d201e611e7..37ec75c5994 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/transformer/test_multi_token_prediction.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/transformer/test_multi_token_prediction.py
@@ -611,6 +611,80 @@ def test_roll_tensor_with_packed_sequences(self, cp):
 
         Utils.destroy_model_parallel()
 
+    def test_roll_tensor_with_packed_sequences_contiguous_cp(self):
+        """Contiguous THD CP rolls across rank boundaries without crossing sequence boundaries."""
+        cp = 2
+        Utils.initialize_model_parallel(tensor_model_parallel_size=1, context_parallel_size=cp)
+        cp_group = get_context_parallel_group()
+        cp_rank = torch.distributed.get_rank(group=cp_group)
+
+        # Full padded layout:
+        #   seq1: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,0]
+        #   seq2: [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,0]
+        # Contiguous CP rank 0 owns global rows [0, 10), rank 1 owns [10, 20).
+        if cp_rank == 0:
+            tensor = torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 11, 12]], dtype=torch.float32).cuda()
+            expected = torch.tensor([[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 0, 12, 13]], dtype=torch.float32).cuda()
+            padding_mask = torch.tensor(
+                [[False, False, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False]]
+            ).cuda()
+            expected_padding_mask = torch.tensor(
+                [[False, False, False, False, False, False, True, True, False, False]]
+            ).cuda()
+        else:
+            tensor = torch.tensor(
+                [[13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 0]], dtype=torch.float32
+            ).cuda()
+            expected = torch.tensor(
+                [[14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 0, 0]], dtype=torch.float32
+            ).cuda()
+            padding_mask = torch.tensor(
+                [[False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, True]]
+            ).cuda()
+            expected_padding_mask = torch.tensor(
+                [[False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, True, True]]
+            ).cuda()
+
+        cu_seqlens = torch.tensor([0, 7, 18], dtype=torch.int32).cuda()
+        cu_seqlens_padded = torch.tensor([0, 8, 20], dtype=torch.int32).cuda()
+        packed_seq_params = PackedSeqParams(
+            cu_seqlens_q=cu_seqlens,
+            cu_seqlens_kv=cu_seqlens,
+            cu_seqlens_q_padded=cu_seqlens_padded,
+            cu_seqlens_kv_padded=cu_seqlens_padded,
+            max_seqlen_q=11,
+            max_seqlen_kv=11,
+            qkv_format='thd',
+        )
+        # The partition-mode field is introduced by the dynamic-CP stack. Keep this
+        # focused fix independently reviewable on top of #4495 by exercising the
+        # same duck-typed contract used in production.
+        packed_seq_params.cp_partition_mode = 'contiguous'
+
+        rolled, sum_val = roll_tensor(
+            tensor, shifts=-1, dims=-1, cp_group=cp_group, packed_seq_params=packed_seq_params
+        )
+        rolled_padding_mask, _ = roll_tensor(
+            padding_mask,
+            shifts=-1,
+            dims=-1,
+            cp_group=cp_group,
+            packed_seq_params=packed_seq_params,
+            fill_value=True,
+        )
+
+        assert torch.equal(rolled, expected), (
+            f"CP Rank {cp_rank}: Expected\n{expected}\nbut got\n{rolled}\nDiff:\n"
+            f"{rolled - expected}"
+        )
+        assert torch.equal(rolled_padding_mask, expected_padding_mask), (
+            f"CP Rank {cp_rank}: Expected padding mask\n{expected_padding_mask}\nbut got\n"
+            f"{rolled_padding_mask}"
+        )
+        assert sum_val.numel() == 1, "Sum should be a scalar"
+
+        Utils.destroy_model_parallel()
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("cp", [1, 2])
     def test_roll_tensor_with_packed_sequences_odd_seqlen(self, cp):
         """Test roll_tensor with ODD packed seqlens.