diff --git a/vllm/config/compilation.py b/vllm/config/compilation.py
index 088d0b1af757..b6015d52144d 100644
--- a/vllm/config/compilation.py
+++ b/vllm/config/compilation.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class CompilationConfig:
     When `enable_lora` is False, this option has no effect.
     """
 
-    use_inductor_graph_partition: bool = False
+    use_inductor_graph_partition: bool = is_torch_equal_or_newer("2.9.0")
     """Use inductor graph partition to split the graph at cudagraph_unsafe ops.
     This partition happens at inductor codegen time after all passes and fusions
     are finished. It generates a single `call` function which wraps