diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_planning.py b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_planning.py
index d60a18878086..0a55a5ed0ae4 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_planning.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_planning.py
@@ -1783,6 +1783,16 @@ def test_unify_hybrid_kv_cache_specs():
         kv_cache_planning.unify_hybrid_kv_cache_specs(kv_cache_spec)
 
 
+def test_unify_hybrid_kv_cache_specs_swa_mla():
+    swa = replace(new_swa_mla_spec(), bounded_replay=True)
+    kv_cache_spec = {"full": new_mla_spec(), "swa": swa}
+    kv_cache_planning.unify_hybrid_kv_cache_specs(kv_cache_spec)
+    promoted = kv_cache_spec["swa"]
+    assert type(promoted) is MLAAttentionSpec
+    assert promoted.sliding_window == swa.sliding_window
+    assert promoted.page_size_bytes == swa.page_size_bytes
+
+
 def test_unify_kv_cache_spec_page_size_mamba():
     """Regression test for https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/43626.
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_planning.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_planning.py
index 4d73f4303e2f..2b98d2e9ad75 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_planning.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_planning.py
@@ -801,8 +801,9 @@ def promoted_page_size_padded(spec: AttentionSpec, block_size: int) -> int | Non
                 spec,
                 target_cls,
                 # Promoted specs allocate blocks for all tokens and never free
-                # below the window, so the trailing-edge extension is moot.
-                drop=("extra_retained_tokens",),
+                # below the window, so the trailing-edge extension and the
+                # window-bounded prefix replay are both moot.
+                drop=("extra_retained_tokens", "bounded_replay"),
                 block_size=block_size,
                 page_size_padded=promoted_page_size_padded(spec, block_size),
             )