diff --git a/vllm_omni/distributed/omni_connectors/transfer_adapter/chunk_transfer_adapter.py b/vllm_omni/distributed/omni_connectors/transfer_adapter/chunk_transfer_adapter.py
index d96ef74db09..aed8d19b197 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/distributed/omni_connectors/transfer_adapter/chunk_transfer_adapter.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/distributed/omni_connectors/transfer_adapter/chunk_transfer_adapter.py
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ def process_pending_chunks(
         )
         while len(running_queue) > self.scheduler_max_num_seqs:
             request = running_queue.pop()
+            request.status = RequestStatus.PREEMPTED
             waiting_queue.prepend_requests([request])
 
     def restore_queues(self, waiting_queue: Any, running_queue: list[Request]) -> None: