diff --git a/vllm/_aiter_ops.py b/vllm/_aiter_ops.py
index fefbf6a41..d59b74782 100644
--- a/vllm/_aiter_ops.py
+++ b/vllm/_aiter_ops.py
@@ -2070,5 +2070,56 @@ class rocm_aiter_ops:
             out_=out_,
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def paged_attention_common(
+        Q: torch.Tensor,
+        K: torch.Tensor,
+        V: torch.Tensor,
+        tmp_out: torch.Tensor,
+        max_logits: torch.Tensor,
+        exp_sums: torch.Tensor,
+        max_seq_len: int,
+        block_tables: torch.Tensor,
+        context_lens: torch.Tensor,
+        block_tables_stride0: int,
+        scale: float,
+        K_QScale_hip: torch.Tensor,
+        V_QScale_hip: torch.Tensor,
+        K_QScale_asm: torch.Tensor,
+        V_QScale_asm: torch.Tensor,
+        out_: torch.Tensor,
+        kv_cache_dtype: str,
+    ):
+        """
+        Paged attention common function.
+
+        This function is NOT wrapped with @is_aiter_supported decorator
+        to allow explicit backend selection via attention_config to work
+        even when VLLM_ROCM_USE_AITER=0.
+
+        Note: This performs lazy import of aiter.paged_attention_common
+        """
+        from aiter import paged_attention_common
+
+        return paged_attention_common(
+            Q=Q,
+            K=K,
+            V=V,
+            tmp_out=tmp_out,
+            max_logits=max_logits,
+            exp_sums=exp_sums,
+            max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
+            block_tables=block_tables,
+            context_lens=context_lens,
+            block_tables_stride0=block_tables_stride0,
+            scale=scale,
+            K_QScale_hip=K_QScale_hip,
+            V_QScale_hip=V_QScale_hip,
+            K_QScale_asm=K_QScale_asm,
+            V_QScale_asm=V_QScale_asm,
+            out_=out_,
+            kv_cache_dtype=kv_cache_dtype,
+        )
+
 
 rocm_aiter_ops.register_ops_once()
diff --git a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py
index 6c6e82b1b..d0aebf614 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py
@@ -1247,7 +1247,23 @@ class AiterFlashAttentionImpl(AttentionImpl):
                         v_descale=layer._v_scale.expand(descale_shape),
                     )
                 elif rocm_aiter_ops.is_shuffle_kv_cache_enabled():
-                    num_blocks, block_size, num_kv_heads, head_size = key_cache.shape
+                    _, num_heads, head_size = query.shape
+                    num_seqs = attn_metadata.seq_lens.shape[0]
+                    max_num_partitions = (
+                        attn_metadata.max_seq_len + _PARTITION_SIZE_ROCM - 1
+                    ) // _PARTITION_SIZE_ROCM
+                    tmp_out = torch.empty(
+                        (num_seqs, num_heads, max_num_partitions, head_size),
+                        dtype=query.dtype,
+                        device=query.device,
+                    )
+                    exp_sums = torch.empty(
+                        (num_seqs, num_heads, max_num_partitions),
+                        dtype=torch.float32,
+                        device=query.device,
+                    )
+                    max_logits = torch.empty_like(exp_sums)
+                    num_blocks, block_size, num_kv_heads, _ = key_cache.shape
                     x = 16 // key_cache.element_size()
                     k_cache_template = torch.empty(
                         [num_blocks, num_kv_heads, head_size // x, block_size, x],
@@ -1261,18 +1277,36 @@ class AiterFlashAttentionImpl(AttentionImpl):
                     )
                     new_key_cache = key_cache.view_as(k_cache_template)
                     new_value_cache = value_cache.view_as(v_cache_template)
-                    rocm_aiter_ops.pa_fwd_asm(
+                    k_qscale = (
+                        layer._k_scale
+                        if attn_metadata.k_scale is None
+                        else attn_metadata.k_scale
+                    )
+                    v_qscale = (
+                        layer._v_scale
+                        if attn_metadata.v_scale is None
+                        else attn_metadata.v_scale
+                    )
+                    rocm_aiter_ops.paged_attention_common(
                         Q=query[:num_decode_tokens],
                         K=new_key_cache,
                         V=new_value_cache,
+                        tmp_out=tmp_out,
+                        max_logits=max_logits,
+                        exp_sums=exp_sums,
+                        max_seq_len=attn_metadata.max_seq_len,
                         block_tables=attn_metadata.block_table[:num_decodes],
                         context_lens=attn_metadata.seq_lens[:num_decodes],
                         block_tables_stride0=attn_metadata.block_table[
                             :num_decodes
                         ].stride(0),
-                        K_QScale=attn_metadata.k_scale,
-                        V_QScale=attn_metadata.v_scale,
+                        scale=self.scale,
+                        K_QScale_hip=k_qscale,
+                        V_QScale_hip=v_qscale,
+                        K_QScale_asm=k_qscale,
+                        V_QScale_asm=v_qscale,
                         out_=output[:num_decode_tokens],
+                        kv_cache_dtype=self.kv_cache_dtype,
                     )
                 else:
                     _, num_heads, head_size = query.shape