diff --git a/sgl-model-gateway/src/config/validation.rs b/sgl-model-gateway/src/config/validation.rs
index eda1000c80ce..f8a564849e0c 100644
--- a/sgl-model-gateway/src/config/validation.rs
+++ b/sgl-model-gateway/src/config/validation.rs
@@ -574,12 +574,6 @@ impl ConfigValidator {
             }
         }
 
-        if has_service_discovery && config.dp_aware {
-            return Err(ConfigError::IncompatibleConfig {
-                reason: "DP-aware routing is not compatible with service discovery".to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/sgl-model-gateway/src/service_discovery.rs b/sgl-model-gateway/src/service_discovery.rs
index 7586d9ed1a58..aa8cd1d7af65 100644
--- a/sgl-model-gateway/src/service_discovery.rs
+++ b/sgl-model-gateway/src/service_discovery.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ async fn handle_pod_event(
                 health_failure_threshold: app_context.router_config.health_check.failure_threshold,
                 max_connection_attempts: app_context.router_config.health_check.success_threshold
                     * 20,
-                dp_aware: false,
+                dp_aware: app_context.router_config.dp_aware,
             };
 
             let job = Job::AddWorker {