diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/distributed/communication_op.py b/python/sglang/srt/distributed/communication_op.py
index 31752f89b06f..df7170c40c61 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/distributed/communication_op.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/distributed/communication_op.py
@@ -102,17 +102,18 @@ def broadcast_tensor_dict(
 def attn_cp_tp_broadcast_pyobj(data: List[Any]) -> List[Any]:
     """Broadcast from the (attn-TP 0, attn-CP 0) rank to every rank of its DP shard."""
     # attn-TP and attn-CP are orthogonal factors of the shard and no single group
-    # covers both, so broadcast along TP first and then along CP.
+    # covers both. The attn-TP 0 ranks first share it along CP, which makes every
+    # attn-TP group's first rank a source; then each attn-TP group broadcasts it.
     tp_group = get_attn_tp_group()
-    if tp_group.world_size > 1:
-        data = broadcast_pyobj(
-            data, tp_group.rank, tp_group.cpu_group, src=tp_group.ranks[0]
-        )
     cp_group = get_attn_cp_group()
-    if cp_group.world_size > 1:
+    if cp_group.world_size > 1 and tp_group.rank_in_group == 0:
         data = broadcast_pyobj(
             data, cp_group.rank, cp_group.cpu_group, src=cp_group.ranks[0]
         )
+    if tp_group.world_size > 1:
+        data = broadcast_pyobj(
+            data, tp_group.rank, tp_group.cpu_group, src=tp_group.ranks[0]
+        )
     return data
 
 
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/distributed/test_attn_cp_tp_broadcast.py b/test/registered/unit/distributed/test_attn_cp_tp_broadcast.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80e4621dbb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/unit/distributed/test_attn_cp_tp_broadcast.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""Broadcasting a DP shard's requests from its (attn-TP 0, attn-CP 0) rank, rank by rank.
+
+Only that rank holds the data; every other rank passes None and must end with it.
+A rank acting as the source of a broadcast must already hold the data.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from sglang.srt.distributed import communication_op
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
+from sglang.test.test_utils import CustomTestCase
+
+register_cpu_ci(est_time=5, suite="base-a-test-cpu")
+
+
+class TestAttnCpTpBroadcast(CustomTestCase):
+    def run_shard(self, cp_size, tp_size):
+        data = ["req-a", "req-b"]
+        # Global rank of (cp, tp) within one DP shard.
+        rank_of = {
+            (cp, tp): cp * tp_size + tp
+            for cp in range(cp_size)
+            for tp in range(tp_size)
+        }
+        sent = {}
+
+        def broadcast_pyobj(obj, rank, group, src):
+            # Stand-in for the collective: the source sends what it holds and
+            # every other member receives it.
+            if rank == src:
+                self.assertIsNotNone(obj, f"rank {rank} is a source without the data")
+                sent[group] = obj
+                return obj
+            self.assertIn(group, sent, "a receiver ran before its source")
+            return sent[group]
+
+        results = {}
+        # Collectives order the ranks for real; here each source runs before
+        # the ranks it sends to.
+        for tp in range(tp_size):
+            for cp in range(cp_size):
+                rank = rank_of[(cp, tp)]
+                tp_group = SimpleNamespace(
+                    world_size=tp_size,
+                    rank_in_group=tp,
+                    rank=rank,
+                    ranks=[rank_of[(cp, t)] for t in range(tp_size)],
+                    cpu_group=("attn_tp", cp),
+                )
+                cp_group = SimpleNamespace(
+                    world_size=cp_size,
+                    rank_in_group=cp,
+                    rank=rank,
+                    ranks=[rank_of[(c, tp)] for c in range(cp_size)],
+                    cpu_group=("attn_cp", tp),
+                )
+                with (
+                    patch.object(
+                        communication_op, "get_attn_tp_group", return_value=tp_group
+                    ),
+                    patch.object(
+                        communication_op, "get_attn_cp_group", return_value=cp_group
+                    ),
+                    patch.object(communication_op, "broadcast_pyobj", broadcast_pyobj),
+                ):
+                    results[(cp, tp)] = communication_op.attn_cp_tp_broadcast_pyobj(
+                        data if (cp, tp) == (0, 0) else None
+                    )
+        self.assertEqual(results, {key: data for key in rank_of})
+
+    def test_every_rank_of_the_shard_receives_the_data(self):
+        for cp_size, tp_size in [(2, 2), (2, 1), (1, 2), (4, 2), (1, 1)]:
+            with self.subTest(cp_size=cp_size, tp_size=tp_size):
+                self.run_shard(cp_size, tp_size)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()