diff --git a/tests/tokenizers_/test_deepseek_v41.py b/tests/tokenizers_/test_deepseek_v41.py
index 35302c90361e..76fd1dcafc2f 100644
--- a/tests/tokenizers_/test_deepseek_v41.py
+++ b/tests/tokenizers_/test_deepseek_v41.py
@@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ def test_drop_thinking_keeps_current_turn_across_tool_results():
     assert next_turn.endswith("q3<｜Assistant｜><think>")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("thinking", [False, True])
+def test_continue_final_message_keeps_the_last_assistant_turn_open(thinking):
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "q"},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sure, the answer is"},
+    ]
+    closed = render(messages, thinking=thinking)
+    assert closed.endswith("Sure, the answer is<｜end▁of▁sentence｜>")
+    assert render(
+        messages, thinking=thinking, continue_final_message=True
+    ) == closed.removesuffix("<｜end▁of▁sentence｜>")
+    # Only the last message, and only an assistant one, is continued.
+    user_last = [*messages, {"role": "user", "content": "q2"}]
+    assert render(user_last, thinking=thinking, continue_final_message=True) == (
+        render(user_last, thinking=thinking)
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("role", ["user", "tool"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("as_part", [False, True])
 def test_rejects_image_placeholder_in_text(role, as_part):
diff --git a/vllm/tokenizers/deepseek_v41.py b/vllm/tokenizers/deepseek_v41.py
index 966dc7f9b9cf..192e1e053bab 100644
--- a/vllm/tokenizers/deepseek_v41.py
+++ b/vllm/tokenizers/deepseek_v41.py
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ def apply_chat_template(
                     system = {"role": "system", "content": ""}
                     conversation.insert(0, system)
                 system["tools"] = tools
+            # Reference encoding.py: a continued assistant message has no EOS.
+            if (
+                kwargs.get("continue_final_message")
+                and conversation
+                and conversation[-1]["role"] == "assistant"
+            ):
+                conversation[-1]["wo_eos"] = True
 
             thinking = bool(kwargs.get("thinking") or kwargs.get("enable_thinking"))
             if "thinking" not in kwargs and "enable_thinking" not in kwargs: