diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/inc.py b/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/inc.py
index b7a0dafa3551..c15998d08bc5 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/inc.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/inc.py
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ def apply_gptq_quant_layer(self, layer, prefix: str, backend: str = "auto"):
             % group_size
             != 0
         ):
+            # Gemma4 AutoRound row-parallel linears can produce TP shards that
+            # straddle a GPTQ group boundary. Fall back to a correctness-first
+            # path in that case instead of using Marlin/GPTQ kernels that
+            # assume group-aligned input shards.
             return INCGPTQRowParallelTailLinearMethod(
                 weight_bits=weight_bits,
                 group_size=group_size,
@@ -733,6 +737,10 @@ def create_weights(
 
     def process_weights_after_loading(self, layer: torch.nn.Module) -> None:
         if self.sym:
+            # The tail-shard fallback dequantizes weights on demand and handles
+            # the symmetric zero point via weight_type.bias in
+            # _get_dequantized_weight(), so the large packed qzeros tensor is
+            # replaced with a tiny placeholder after loading.
             layer.qzeros = Parameter(
                 torch.tensor([8], dtype=torch.int8, device=layer.qweight.device),
                 requires_grad=False,
@@ -762,6 +770,7 @@ def _get_dequantized_weight(self, layer: torch.nn.Module) -> torch.Tensor:
         scales = layer.scales.data.to(torch.float32)
         dequant = qweight * scales.index_select(0, g_idx)
         weight = dequant.t().contiguous()
+        # Cache the dequantized tail-shard weight after the first fallback use.
         layer._inc_tail_dequant_weight = weight
         return weight
 
diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/gguf_loader.py b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/gguf_loader.py
index 2d2e9abbf568..d62e10c04f49 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/gguf_loader.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/gguf_loader.py
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ def add_mapping(
         ) -> None:
             if handled_name is None:
                 handled_name = hf_name
+            # handled_name must match the HF state_dict key emitted by the
+            # installed Gemma4 transformers config/model classes. If upstream
+            # renames these tensors, update handled_name alongside the manual
+            # GGUF mapping.
             if handled_name in normalized_state_names:
                 gguf_to_hf_name_map[gguf_name] = hf_name
                 handled_params.add(handled_name)
diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
index 991b770c0d17..f5528f5c34e9 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ def _dequantize_autoround_gptq_router_weight(
         qzeros, weight_type, packed_dim=1
     ).to(torch.float32)
     if sym:
+        # AutoRound's GPTQ-style symmetric checkpoints store router qzeros
+        # with a -1 offset relative to the effective zero point.
         unpacked_qzeros = unpacked_qzeros + 1
     row_groups = (
         torch.arange(unpacked_qweight.shape[0], device=qweight.device) // group_size
@@ -1580,6 +1582,14 @@ def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
                     weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
             loaded_params.add(name)
 
+        if router_quant_params:
+            for router_name, quant_params in router_quant_params.items():
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Skipping incomplete quantized router params for %s: %s",
+                    router_name,
+                    sorted(quant_params),
+                )
+
         return loaded_params
 
 
diff --git a/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py b/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
index c1e403efe559..3b5397113997 100644
--- a/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
+++ b/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
@@ -362,11 +362,12 @@ def cached_processor_from_config(
     )
     tokenizer = getattr(processor, "tokenizer", None)
     if tokenizer is not None:
-        _maybe_patch_gemma4_gguf_tokenizer(
+        tokenizer = _maybe_patch_gemma4_gguf_tokenizer(
             tokenizer,
             model_config.model,
             getattr(model_config.hf_config, "model_type", None),
         )
+        processor.tokenizer = tokenizer
     return processor