diff --git a/vllm/v1/utils.py b/vllm/v1/utils.py
index b5750c82db023..8f9face6fbf2e 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/utils.py
@@ -96,6 +96,35 @@ class ConstantList(Generic[T], Sequence):
         return f"ConstantList({self._x})"
 
 
+class CpuGpuBuffer:
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        dtype: torch.dtype,
+        device: torch.device,
+        pin_memory: bool,
+    ):
+        self.cpu = torch.zeros(*args,
+                               dtype=dtype,
+                               device="cpu",
+                               pin_memory=pin_memory)
+        self.np = self.cpu.numpy()
+        self.gpu = self.cpu.to(device)
+
+    def copy_to_gpu(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> torch.Tensor:
+        if n is None:
+            return self.gpu.copy_(self.cpu, non_blocking=True)
+        return self.gpu[:n].copy_(self.cpu[:n], non_blocking=True)
+
+    def copy_to_cpu(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """NOTE: Because this method is non-blocking, explicit synchronization
+        is needed to ensure the data is copied to CPU."""
+        if n is None:
+            return self.cpu.copy_(self.gpu, non_blocking=True)
+        return self.cpu[:n].copy_(self.gpu[:n], non_blocking=True)
+
+
 def get_engine_client_zmq_addr(local_only: bool,
                                host: str,
                                port: int = 0) -> str:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/cpu_model_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/cpu_model_runner.py
index 137578f0e6088..742e553b77e09 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/cpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/cpu_model_runner.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.model_executor.model_loader import get_model
 from vllm.v1.attention.backends.cpu_attn import TorchSDPAMetadataBuilderV1
+from vllm.v1.utils import CpuGpuBuffer
 from vllm.v1.worker.gpu_model_runner import GPUModelRunner
-from vllm.v1.worker.utils import CpuGpuBuffer
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.v1.core.sched.output import SchedulerOutput
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
index 053aaf4f968e0..d93460d618e7c 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ from vllm.v1.spec_decode.eagle import EagleProposer
 from vllm.v1.spec_decode.medusa import MedusaProposer
 from vllm.v1.spec_decode.metadata import SpecDecodeMetadata
 from vllm.v1.spec_decode.ngram_proposer import NgramProposer
+from vllm.v1.utils import CpuGpuBuffer
 from vllm.v1.worker.gpu_input_batch import CachedRequestState, InputBatch
 from vllm.v1.worker.kv_connector_model_runner_mixin import (
     KVConnectorModelRunnerMixin, KVConnectorOutput)
 from vllm.v1.worker.lora_model_runner_mixin import LoRAModelRunnerMixin
 
-from .utils import (AttentionGroup, CpuGpuBuffer, MultiModalBudget,
-                    bind_kv_cache, gather_mm_placeholders,
-                    initialize_kv_cache_for_kv_sharing,
+from .utils import (AttentionGroup, MultiModalBudget, bind_kv_cache,
+                    gather_mm_placeholders, initialize_kv_cache_for_kv_sharing,
                     sanity_check_mm_encoder_outputs, scatter_mm_placeholders)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/utils.py b/vllm/v1/worker/utils.py
index 82ede5ad8eb1e..f407534687662 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/utils.py
@@ -303,32 +303,3 @@ def bind_kv_cache(
     for layer_name, kv_cache in kv_caches.items():
         # NOTE: Use list because of v0 PP virtual engine.
         forward_context[layer_name].kv_cache = [kv_cache]
-
-
-class CpuGpuBuffer:
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *args,
-        dtype: torch.dtype,
-        device: torch.device,
-        pin_memory: bool,
-    ):
-        self.cpu = torch.zeros(*args,
-                               dtype=dtype,
-                               device="cpu",
-                               pin_memory=pin_memory)
-        self.np = self.cpu.numpy()
-        self.gpu = self.cpu.to(device)
-
-    def copy_to_gpu(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
-        if n is None:
-            return self.gpu.copy_(self.cpu, non_blocking=True)
-        return self.gpu[:n].copy_(self.cpu[:n], non_blocking=True)
-
-    def copy_to_cpu(self, n: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
-        """NOTE: Because this method is non-blocking, explicit synchronization
-        is needed to ensure the data is copied to CPU."""
-        if n is None:
-            return self.cpu.copy_(self.gpu, non_blocking=True)
-        return self.cpu[:n].copy_(self.gpu[:n], non_blocking=True)