diff --git a/tests/v1/engine/test_engine_core.py b/tests/v1/engine/test_engine_core.py
index fbbfc630d27d..bc7894e92814 100644
--- a/tests/v1/engine/test_engine_core.py
+++ b/tests/v1/engine/test_engine_core.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from vllm.v1.executor.abstract import Executor, UniProcExecutor
 from vllm.v1.kv_cache_interface import KVCacheConfig
 from vllm.v1.outputs import ModelRunnerOutput
 
-from ...utils import create_new_process_for_each_test
+from ...utils import create_new_process_for_each_test, multi_gpu_test
 
 if not current_platform.is_cuda():
     pytest.skip(reason="V1 currently only supported on CUDA.",
@@ -378,3 +378,37 @@ def test_engine_core_concurrent_batches(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
                 # Odd steps schedules a new batch.
                 assert output is None
             step += 1
+
+
+@multi_gpu_test(num_gpus=2)
+def test_engine_core_tp(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
+    """
+    Test engine can initialize worker in tp properly
+    """
+
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        m.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "1")
+        """Setup the EngineCore."""
+        engine_args = EngineArgs(
+            model=MODEL_NAME,
+            tensor_parallel_size=2,
+            # Reduce startup time.
+            enforce_eager=True,
+        )
+        vllm_config = engine_args.create_engine_config()
+        executor_class = Executor.get_class(vllm_config)
+
+        with set_default_torch_num_threads(1):
+            engine_core = EngineCore(vllm_config=vllm_config,
+                                     executor_class=executor_class,
+                                     log_stats=True)
+
+        def get_worker_cache_config_field(worker, key: str):
+            return getattr(worker.cache_config, key)
+
+        num_gpu_blocks = engine_core.collective_rpc(
+            get_worker_cache_config_field, args=("num_gpu_blocks", ))
+        num_cpu_blocks = engine_core.collective_rpc(
+            get_worker_cache_config_field, args=("num_cpu_blocks", ))
+        assert all(x is not None for x in num_gpu_blocks)
+        assert all(x is not None for x in num_cpu_blocks)
diff --git a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flex_attention.py b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flex_attention.py
index a572b89470f4..17b0f259cb76 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flex_attention.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flex_attention.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from torch.nn.attention.flex_attention import (BlockMask, _mask_mod_signature,
 from vllm.attention.backends.abstract import (AttentionBackend, AttentionImpl,
                                               AttentionMetadata, AttentionType,
                                               is_quantized_kv_cache)
+from vllm.distributed import get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.v1.attention.backends.utils import (AttentionMetadataBuilder,
@@ -236,7 +237,12 @@ class FlexAttentionMetadata:
 
     def build_block_mask(self) -> BlockMask:
         assert self.mask_mod is not None
-        return create_block_mask_compiled(
+        # FIXME: With TP>1, create_block_mask_compiled will raise
+        # CUDA error: an illegal memory access was encountered
+        create_block_mask_fn = (create_block_mask_compiled
+                                if get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size() == 1
+                                else create_block_mask)
+        return create_block_mask_fn(
             self.mask_mod,
             None,
             None,
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
index 07761bf000a6..57fcf8daa5a1 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class EngineCore:
 
         vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = num_gpu_blocks
         vllm_config.cache_config.num_cpu_blocks = num_cpu_blocks
+        self.collective_rpc("initialize_cache",
+                            args=(num_gpu_blocks, num_cpu_blocks))
 
         self.structured_output_manager = StructuredOutputManager(vllm_config)
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
index b7d244f27045..58795e3fe292 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ class Worker(WorkerBase):
                     buffer.data.copy_(self._sleep_saved_buffers[name].data)
             self._sleep_saved_buffers = {}
 
+    def initialize_cache(self, num_gpu_blocks: int,
+                         num_cpu_blocks: int) -> None:
+        self.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = num_gpu_blocks
+        self.cache_config.num_cpu_blocks = num_cpu_blocks
+
     def init_device(self):
         if self.device_config.device.type == "cuda":
             # torch.distributed.all_reduce does not free the input tensor until
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_worker.py b/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_worker.py
index 5da481baeeea..87af8e476707 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_worker.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_worker.py
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class TPUWorker:
         if self.model_config.seed is None:
             self.model_config.seed = 0
 
+    def initialize_cache(self, num_gpu_blocks: int,
+                         num_cpu_blocks: int) -> None:
+        self.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = num_gpu_blocks
+        self.cache_config.num_cpu_blocks = num_cpu_blocks
+
     def init_device(self):
         os.environ["PJRT_DEVICE"] = "TPU"
         # Note: Currently the XLA compiler wrongly uses 2D ring strategy on 1D