diff --git a/vllm_omni/diffusion/attention/layer.py b/vllm_omni/diffusion/attention/layer.py
index 0d3bf8b7da9..83cfe84d7b6 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/diffusion/attention/layer.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/diffusion/attention/layer.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 
 from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.backends.abstract import AttentionMetadata
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.backends.sdpa import SDPABackend
 from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.parallel import build_parallel_attention_strategy
 from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.parallel.ring import RingParallelAttention
 from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.selector import get_attn_backend
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ def __init__(
             causal=causal,
             num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
         )
+        # Instantiate fallback backend for float32 support
+        self.sdpa_fallback = SDPABackend.get_impl_cls()(
+            num_heads=num_heads,
+            head_size=head_size,
+            softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
+            causal=causal,
+            num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
+        )
         self.backend_pref = None
 
         self.softmax_scale = softmax_scale
@@ -104,12 +113,12 @@ def forward(
         return out
 
     def _run_local_attention(self, query, key, value, attn_metadata):
-        if self.backend_pref == "flash_attn" and query.dtype == torch.float32:
-            logger.warning(
-                "Flash Attention does not support float32. Overriding user config "
+        if query.dtype == torch.float32:
+            logger.warning_once(
+                f"Only SDPA supports float32. Overriding user config {type(self.attention)} "
                 f"attention_backend='{self.backend_pref}' to 'sdpa' for dtype={query.dtype}."
             )
-            self.backend_pref = "sdpa"
+            return self.sdpa_fallback.forward(query, key, value, attn_metadata)
 
         # Fallback to standard attention
         return self.attention.forward(query, key, value, attn_metadata)