diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/configs/qwen3_asr.py b/python/sglang/srt/configs/qwen3_asr.py
index 37fb4ef57d7d..cb3252b3d47c 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/configs/qwen3_asr.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/configs/qwen3_asr.py
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ class Qwen3ASRConfig(PretrainedConfig):
     }
 
     def __init__(self, thinker_config=None, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         if thinker_config is None:
             thinker_config = {}
             logger.info(
@@ -159,6 +158,7 @@ def __init__(self, thinker_config=None, **kwargs):
             self.thinker_config = Qwen3ASRThinkerConfig(**thinker_config)
         else:
             self.thinker_config = thinker_config
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def get_text_config(self, decoder=False) -> PretrainedConfig:
         return self.thinker_config.text_config