diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/pooling/io_processor_factories.py b/vllm/entrypoints/pooling/io_processor_factories.py
index 93ae04bb0..f0c0f5490 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/pooling/io_processor_factories.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/pooling/io_processor_factories.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def init_pooling_io_processors(
     if "embed" in supported_tasks:
         from vllm.entrypoints.pooling.embed.io_processor import EmbedIOProcessor
 
-        processors.append(("classify", EmbedIOProcessor))
+        processors.append(("embed", EmbedIOProcessor))
 
     return {
         task: processor_cls(