diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_input_batch.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_input_batch.py
index 579c9b7a5..34bcc241f 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_input_batch.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_input_batch.py
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@ class InputBatch:
     def swap_states(self, i1: int, i2: int) -> None:
         old_id_i1 = self._req_ids[i1]
         old_id_i2 = self._req_ids[i2]
+        # Only swap the active token prefix for each request. Copying full
+        # max_model_len rows is expensive and unnecessary during reordering.
+        i1_active_token_count = self._get_active_token_count(i1)
+        i2_active_token_count = self._get_active_token_count(i2)
+        max_active_token_count = max(i1_active_token_count, i2_active_token_count)
+
         self._req_ids[i1], self._req_ids[i2] = self._req_ids[i2], self._req_ids[i1]  # noqa
         self.req_output_token_ids[i1], self.req_output_token_ids[i2] = (
             self.req_output_token_ids[i2],
@@ -560,12 +566,15 @@ class InputBatch:
         # self.token_ids_cpu[i1, ...], self.token_ids_cpu[i2, ...], =\
         #     self.token_ids_cpu[i2, ...], self.token_ids_cpu[i1, ...]
         # instead, we need to temporarily copy the data for one of the indices
-        # TODO(lucas): optimize this by only copying valid indices
-        tmp = self.token_ids_cpu[i1, ...].copy()
-        self.token_ids_cpu[i1, ...] = self.token_ids_cpu[i2, ...]
-        self.token_ids_cpu[i2, ...] = tmp
+        tmp_token_ids = self.token_ids_cpu[i1, :max_active_token_count].copy()
+        self.token_ids_cpu[i1, :max_active_token_count] = self.token_ids_cpu[
+            i2, :max_active_token_count
+        ]
+        self.token_ids_cpu[i2, :max_active_token_count] = tmp_token_ids
 
-        self.is_token_ids[[i1, i2], ...] = self.is_token_ids[[i2, i1], ...]
+        self.is_token_ids[[i1, i2], :max_active_token_count] = self.is_token_ids[
+            [i2, i1], :max_active_token_count
+        ]
 
         # Swap prompt embeddings if they exist
         embeds_i1 = self.req_prompt_embeds.get(i1)
@@ -629,6 +638,11 @@ class InputBatch:
                 self.allowed_token_ids_mask_cpu_tensor[i1],
             )
 
+    def _get_active_token_count(self, req_index: int) -> int:
+        return int(self.num_tokens_no_spec[req_index]) + len(
+            self.spec_token_ids[req_index]
+        )
+
     def condense(self) -> None:
         """Slide non-empty requests down into lower, empty indices.
 
@@ -678,9 +692,7 @@ class InputBatch:
             self.req_output_token_ids[last_req_index] = None
             self.req_id_to_index[req_id] = empty_index
 
-            num_tokens = self.num_tokens_no_spec[last_req_index] + len(
-                self.spec_token_ids[last_req_index]
-            )
+            num_tokens = self._get_active_token_count(last_req_index)
 
             (self.spec_token_ids[last_req_index], self.spec_token_ids[empty_index]) = (
                 self.spec_token_ids[empty_index],