diff --git a/flashinfer/sampling.py b/flashinfer/sampling.py
index 02979574af..8571016a15 100644
--- a/flashinfer/sampling.py
+++ b/flashinfer/sampling.py
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def get_seed_and_offset(
     seed, offset = state.view(torch.int64)
     offset += (increment + 3) // 4 * 4
     generator.set_state(
-        torch.tensor([seed, offset], dtype=torch.int64).view(torch.uint8)
+        torch.tensor(
+            [seed, offset], dtype=torch.int64, device=torch.device("cpu")
+        ).view(torch.uint8)
     )
     return int(seed), int(offset)
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_sampling.py b/tests/utils/test_sampling.py
index 99ff6a3e2b..fdd09c79c4 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_sampling.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_sampling.py
@@ -930,6 +930,47 @@ def test_int64_indices_sampling(batch_size, vocab_size, sampling_type, indices_d
     assert torch.all(samples < vocab_size) and torch.all(samples >= 0)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_size", [1, 19, 99])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("vocab_size", [111, 32000])
+def test_sampling_with_default_device_cuda(batch_size, vocab_size):
+    """Test that sampling works correctly when torch.set_default_device("cuda") is set.
+
+    This is a regression test for issue #2333 where generator.set_state() would fail
+    with "RNG state must be a torch.ByteTensor" error when the default device is CUDA.
+    """
+    torch.manual_seed(42)
+    original_device = torch.get_default_device()
+    try:
+        # Set default device to CUDA
+        torch.set_default_device("cuda")
+
+        # Create logits and test top_k_top_p_sampling_from_logits
+        logits = torch.randn(batch_size, vocab_size, device="cuda:0")
+
+        # This should not raise "RNG state must be a torch.ByteTensor" error
+        samples = flashinfer.sampling.top_k_top_p_sampling_from_logits(
+            logits, top_k=100, top_p=0.9
+        )
+
+        assert samples.shape == (batch_size,)
+        assert torch.all(samples < vocab_size) and torch.all(samples >= 0)
+
+        # Also test other sampling functions
+        probs = torch.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
+
+        samples = flashinfer.sampling.sampling_from_probs(probs)
+        assert samples.shape == (batch_size,)
+        assert torch.all(samples < vocab_size) and torch.all(samples >= 0)
+
+        samples = flashinfer.sampling.top_p_sampling_from_probs(probs, 0.9)
+        assert samples.shape == (batch_size,)
+        assert torch.all(samples < vocab_size) and torch.all(samples >= 0)
+
+    finally:
+        # Restore original default device
+        torch.set_default_device(original_device)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # test_sampling_freq(128256, gumbel_distribution(0.1), 0.5)
     test_sampling_from_logits_freq(128256, gumbel_distribution(0.1))