diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
index a401e0f25d02..d1b4b55964c3 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
@@ -3349,3 +3349,28 @@ def test_ec_connector_allocate_encoder_tokens_with_external_load(use_kv_connecto
 # ==============================================================================
 # EPD (Encoder-Prefill-Decode) Encoder-cache-specific tests end
 # ==============================================================================
+
+
+def test_prepend_skipped_requests_order():
+    scheduler = create_scheduler(max_num_seqs=1, use_kv_connector=True)
+    requests = create_requests(num_requests=4)
+    for request in requests:
+        scheduler.add_request(request)
+
+    # 4 requests waiting, capture their order
+    expected_waiting_reqs = list(scheduler.waiting)
+
+    # simulate first 2 waiting requests are waiting for remote KVs
+    for req in expected_waiting_reqs[:2]:
+        req.status = RequestStatus.WAITING_FOR_REMOTE_KVS
+
+    # schedule step
+    # expect the first 2 waiting to be skipped, the third running,
+    # and the fourth waiting
+    scheduler.schedule()
+
+    # pop the third request which is expected to be running
+    expected_waiting_reqs.pop(2)
+
+    # verify waiting order is preserved
+    assert list(scheduler.waiting) == expected_waiting_reqs
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/request_queue.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/request_queue.py
index a00ca1912b0f..38c7db94a45e 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/request_queue.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/request_queue.py
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
         """Iterate over the queue according to the policy."""
         pass
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
-        """Iterate over the queue in reverse order."""
-        pass
-
 
 class FCFSRequestQueue(deque[Request], RequestQueue):
     """A first-come-first-served queue that supports deque operations."""
@@ -100,8 +95,12 @@ def prepend_request(self, request: Request) -> None:
 
     def prepend_requests(self, requests: RequestQueue) -> None:
         """Prepend all requests from another queue to the front of this
-        queue."""
-        self.extendleft(reversed(requests))
+        queue.
+
+        Note: The requests will be prepended in reverse order of their
+        appearance in the `requests` queue.
+        """
+        self.extendleft(requests)
 
     def remove_request(self, request: Request) -> None:
         """Remove a specific request from the queue."""
@@ -128,10 +127,6 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
         """Iterate over the queue according to FCFS policy."""
         return super().__iter__()
 
-    def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
-        """Iterate over the queue in reverse order."""
-        return super().__reversed__()
-
 
 class PriorityRequestQueue(RequestQueue):
     """
@@ -202,10 +197,6 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
         while heap_copy:
             yield heapq.heappop(heap_copy)
 
-    def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[Request]:
-        """Iterate over the queue in reverse priority order."""
-        return reversed(list(self))
-
 
 def create_request_queue(policy: SchedulingPolicy) -> RequestQueue:
     """Create request queue based on scheduling policy."""