diff --git a/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_async_lookup.py b/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_async_lookup.py
index 3649c8df0488..d4a3c5747285 100644
--- a/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_async_lookup.py
+++ b/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_async_lookup.py
@@ -299,6 +299,42 @@ def test_mark_miss_flips_cached_verdict_without_reprobing(self):
         assert "reqA" not in mgr._req_keys
         mgr.shutdown()
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("flushed", [True, False], ids=["in_flight", "pending"])
+    def test_mark_miss_skips_newer_unresolved_probe(self, flushed: bool):
+        """A failed load reported for an older generation of a key must not
+        touch a newer probe of that key. Sequence: request A resolves K and
+        promotes it, A finishes (cleanup deletes the RESOLVED entry), request B
+        re-probes K, then A's load fails and the tier calls mark_miss([K]).
+        Forcing B's PENDING / IN_FLIGHT entry to RESOLVED made flush() or
+        drain_results() assert on the scheduler thread."""
+        mgr = InMemoryLookupManager(existing_keys={_key(1)})
+        try:
+            assert mgr.lookup(_key(1), _ctx("A")) is None
+            mgr.flush()
+            mgr._results_ready.wait()
+            mgr._results_ready.clear()
+            assert mgr.lookup(_key(1), _ctx("A")) is True
+            mgr.cleanup("A")
+            assert _key(1) not in mgr._lookup_state
+
+            assert mgr.lookup(_key(1), _ctx("B")) is None
+            if flushed:
+                mgr.flush()
+                mgr._results_ready.wait()
+                mgr._results_ready.clear()
+            expected = LookupPhase.IN_FLIGHT if flushed else LookupPhase.PENDING
+            assert mgr._lookup_state[_key(1)].phase is expected
+
+            mgr.mark_miss([_key(1)])
+            if not flushed:
+                mgr.flush()
+                mgr._results_ready.wait()
+                mgr._results_ready.clear()
+            # B's own probe result is delivered.
+            assert mgr.lookup(_key(1), _ctx("B")) is True
+        finally:
+            mgr.shutdown()
+
     def test_enqueue_once_invariant_enforced(self):
         """A key is enqueued for probing exactly once, so drain_results() may
         receive at most one result per key. Normal operation resolves a key a
diff --git a/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_fs_tier.py b/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_fs_tier.py
index 9c3a64d22a2a..db3fa950e23a 100644
--- a/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_fs_tier.py
+++ b/tests/v1/kv_offload/tiering/test_fs_tier.py
@@ -604,6 +604,33 @@ def test_failed_load_corrects_verdict_and_removes_corrupt_file(
     assert lookup_and_wait(tier, [key(1)], ctx=fresh) == [LookupResult.MISS]
 
 
+def test_failed_load_after_abort_does_not_break_newer_probe(fs_tier):
+    """A promotion for request A fails after A was aborted and request B
+    re-probed the same key. The failure must not flip B's in-flight probe:
+    B's next lookup drains its own result (MISS: the file is gone) instead of
+    asserting on the scheduler thread."""
+    tier, _ = fs_tier
+    k = key(1)
+    tier.submit_store(make_job(1, [k], [0]))
+    assert all(r.success for r in drain(tier))
+    ctx_a, ctx_b = ReqContext(req_id="A"), ReqContext(req_id="B")
+    assert lookup_and_wait(tier, [k], ctx=ctx_a) == [LookupResult.HIT]
+
+    os.remove(tier.file_mapper.get_file_name(k))
+    tier.submit_load(make_job(2, [k], [1], is_promotion=True))
+    tier.on_request_finished(ctx_a)
+
+    assert tier.lookup(k, ctx_b) == LookupResult.RETRY
+    tier.on_schedule_end(ScheduleEndContext(new_req_ids=[], preempted_req_ids=()))
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + 1.0
+    while tier._lookup_manager._pending_results.empty():
+        assert time.monotonic() < deadline
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+
+    assert [r.success for r in drain(tier)] == [False]
+    assert tier.lookup(k, ctx_b) == LookupResult.MISS
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_c_ext", [True, False])
 def test_batched_partial_load_failure_keeps_loaded_blocks(
     fs_tier, monkeypatch, use_c_ext
diff --git a/vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/async_lookup.py b/vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/async_lookup.py
index a6879d8c44e5..6f4b6173b4a1 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/async_lookup.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/async_lookup.py
@@ -216,12 +216,14 @@ def drain_results(self) -> None:
     def mark_miss(self, keys: Collection[OffloadKey]) -> None:
         """Force the cached verdict for ``keys`` to False after a failed load, so
         the scheduler stops re-issuing the doomed promotion (livelock, #49176).
-        Keys with no cached entry are skipped."""
+        Keys with no cached entry are skipped, and so are keys whose entry is
+        a newer probe still PENDING or IN_FLIGHT: its own result will land,
+        and forcing it to RESOLVED here would trip the phase asserts in
+        flush() / drain_results() on the scheduler thread."""
         for key in keys:
             state = self._lookup_state.get(key)
-            if state is not None:
+            if state is not None and state.phase is LookupPhase.RESOLVED:
                 state.result = False
-                state.phase = LookupPhase.RESOLVED
 
     def cleanup(self, req_id: str) -> None:
         """Release request references, retaining in-flight lookups.