diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/mm/encoder_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/mm/encoder_runner.py
index c0676d05d..e62c2ef63 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/mm/encoder_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/mm/encoder_runner.py
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ from vllm.v1.worker.utils import sanity_check_mm_encoder_outputs
 class EncoderRunner:
     def __init__(
         self,
+        model: SupportsMultiModal,
         max_num_tokens: int,
         hidden_size: int,
         encoder_cache: EncoderCache,
         dtype: torch.dtype,
         device: torch.device,
     ):
+        self.model = model
         self.max_num_tokens = max_num_tokens
         self.hidden_size = hidden_size
         self.encoder_cache = encoder_cache
@@ -48,25 +50,17 @@ class EncoderRunner:
     @torch.inference_mode()
     def execute_mm_encoder(
         self,
-        model: SupportsMultiModal,
-        mm_hashes: list[str],
         mm_kwargs: list[tuple[str, MultiModalKwargsItem]],
     ) -> list[torch.Tensor]:
-        if not mm_hashes:
-            return []
-
         encoder_outputs: list[torch.Tensor] = []
         for modality, num_items, mm_kwargs_group in group_mm_kwargs_by_modality(
             mm_kwargs, device=self.device, pin_memory=False
         ):
-            curr_group_outputs = model.embed_multimodal(**mm_kwargs_group)
+            curr_group_outputs = self.model.embed_multimodal(**mm_kwargs_group)
             sanity_check_mm_encoder_outputs(
                 curr_group_outputs, expected_num_items=num_items
             )
             encoder_outputs.extend(curr_group_outputs)
-
-        # Cache the encoder outputs by mm_hash
-        self.encoder_cache.encoder_outputs.update(zip(mm_hashes, encoder_outputs))
         return encoder_outputs
 
     def gather_mm_embeddings(
@@ -146,12 +140,11 @@ class EncoderRunner:
     @torch.inference_mode()
     def get_inputs_embeds(
         self,
-        model: SupportsMultiModal,
         input_ids: torch.Tensor,
         mm_embeds: list[torch.Tensor],
         is_mm_embed: torch.Tensor,
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
-        x = model.embed_input_ids(
+        x = self.model.embed_input_ids(
             input_ids, multimodal_embeddings=mm_embeds, is_multimodal=is_mm_embed
         )
         # Copy to the pre-allocated buffer for CUDA graphs.
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_states/default.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_states/default.py
index d52f7d0ec..e27916b40 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_states/default.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_states/default.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class DefaultModelState(ModelState):
 
         if self.supports_mm_inputs:
             assert encoder_cache is not None
+            self.encoder_cache = encoder_cache
             self.encoder_runner = EncoderRunner(
+                model=self.model,
                 max_num_tokens=self.max_num_tokens,
                 hidden_size=self.inputs_embeds_size,
                 encoder_cache=encoder_cache,
@@ -82,7 +84,12 @@ class DefaultModelState(ModelState):
         mm_hashes, mm_kwargs = self.encoder_runner.prepare_mm_inputs(
             scheduled_encoder_inputs
         )
-        self.encoder_runner.execute_mm_encoder(self.model, mm_hashes, mm_kwargs)
+        if mm_kwargs:
+            # Execute the multimodal encoder.
+            encoder_outputs = self.encoder_runner.execute_mm_encoder(mm_kwargs)
+            # Cache the encoder outputs by mm_hash
+            self.encoder_cache.encoder_outputs.update(zip(mm_hashes, encoder_outputs))
+
         mm_embeds, is_mm_embed = self.encoder_runner.gather_mm_embeddings(
             input_batch.req_ids,
             input_batch.num_tokens,
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ class DefaultModelState(ModelState):
             req_states.num_computed_prefill_tokens[input_batch.idx_mapping_np],
         )
         inputs_embeds = self.encoder_runner.get_inputs_embeds(
-            self.model, input_batch.input_ids, mm_embeds, is_mm_embed
+            input_batch.input_ids, mm_embeds, is_mm_embed
         )
         return inputs_embeds[: input_batch.num_tokens_after_padding]