diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_moe.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_moe.py
index 823197fc9350..417d7b22088b 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_moe.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_moe.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def forward(
         positions: torch.Tensor,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
         residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
         # Self Attention
         if residual is None:
             residual = hidden_states