diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
index 3a1c14978b45..619d2aa67491 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ class Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module, SupportsMultiModal, SupportsPP,
             "model.vision_tower.": "vision_tower.",
             "model.multi_modal_projector.": "multi_modal_projector.",
             "lm_head.": "language_model.lm_head.",
+            "vision_tower.vision_model.": "vision_model.",
         })
 
     def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):