diff --git a/vllm_mlx/memory_cache.py b/vllm_mlx/memory_cache.py
index 8dd9cf25..64667995 100644
--- a/vllm_mlx/memory_cache.py
+++ b/vllm_mlx/memory_cache.py
@@ -249,17 +249,33 @@ def create(cls, tokens: list[int], cache: list[Any]) -> _CacheEntry:
 
 
 def _trim_cache_offset(cache: list[Any], trim_by: int) -> list[Any]:
-    """Create shallow copies of KVCache layers with offset reduced by *trim_by*.
+    """Create shallow copies of KVCache/QuantizedKVCache layers with offset reduced.
 
     This is used when returning a cached KV state to the scheduler so that
     the last N positions are "freed" and the model will recompute them on the
     next forward pass (preventing duplicate KV entries).
+
+    Supports both KVCache (keys/values are arrays) and QuantizedKVCache
+    (keys/values are 3-tuples of arrays).
     """
     from mlx_lm.models.cache import KVCache
 
+    try:
+        from mlx_lm.models.cache import QuantizedKVCache as _QKVCache
+    except ImportError:
+        _QKVCache = None
+
     trimmed: list[Any] = []
     for layer_cache in cache:
-        if (
+        if _QKVCache is not None and isinstance(layer_cache, _QKVCache):
+            tc = _QKVCache.__new__(_QKVCache)
+            tc.keys = layer_cache.keys
+            tc.values = layer_cache.values
+            tc.offset = max(layer_cache.offset - trim_by, 0)
+            tc.group_size = layer_cache.group_size
+            tc.bits = layer_cache.bits
+            trimmed.append(tc)
+        elif (
             hasattr(layer_cache, "offset")
             and hasattr(layer_cache, "keys")
             and not isinstance(layer_cache.keys, (list, tuple))