diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
index c719d1975bba..3f82261a59a7 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
@@ -1307,13 +1307,18 @@ def create_requests_with_priority(
         mm_positions: Optional[list[PlaceholderRange]] = None,
         max_tokens: int = 16,
         stop_token_ids: Optional[list[int]] = None,
-        prompt_logprobs: Optional[int] = None):
+        prompt_logprobs: Optional[int] = None,
+        request_ids: Optional[list[str]] = None):
     """Create requests with specified priorities and arrival times."""
     assert len(priorities) == num_requests
     if arrival_times is not None:
         assert len(arrival_times) == num_requests
     else:
         arrival_times = [float(i) for i in range(num_requests)]
+    if request_ids is not None:
+        assert len(request_ids) == num_requests
+    else:
+        request_ids = [f"{i}" for i in range(num_requests)]
 
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(ignore_eos=False,
                                      max_tokens=max_tokens,
@@ -1328,7 +1333,7 @@ def create_requests_with_priority(
             mm_position = None
             mm_inputs = None
         request = Request(
-            request_id=f"{i}",
+            request_id=request_ids[i],
             prompt_token_ids=[i] * num_tokens,
             sampling_params=sampling_params,
             pooling_params=None,
@@ -1829,3 +1834,91 @@ def test_schedule_skip_tokenizer_init_structured_output_request():
     assert len(output.scheduled_new_reqs) == 0
     assert len(scheduler.running) == 0
     assert len(scheduler.waiting) == 1
+
+
+def test_priority_scheduling_preemption_victim_iterator_order():
+    """Test that the scheduling order is maintained after
+    preempting lower-priority requests."""
+    scheduler = create_scheduler_with_priority(
+        max_num_batched_tokens=200,
+        num_blocks=9,
+    )
+    # Add three priority requests first.
+    priority_requests = create_requests_with_priority(
+        num_requests=3,
+        priorities=[3, 4, 5],
+        arrival_times=[1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
+        num_tokens=15,
+        request_ids=["1", "2", "3"],
+    )
+
+    for request in priority_requests:
+        scheduler.add_request(request)
+    # After scheduling, transfer from the waiting queue to the running queue.
+    # At this time, 3 blocks have been allocated, and 5 available blocks remain.
+    output = scheduler.schedule()
+
+    model_output = ModelRunnerOutput(
+        req_ids=[req.request_id for req in priority_requests],
+        req_id_to_index={
+            req.request_id: i
+            for i, req in enumerate(priority_requests)
+        },
+        sampled_token_ids=[[15] for _ in priority_requests],
+        spec_token_ids=None,
+        logprobs=None,
+        prompt_logprobs_dict={},
+        pooler_output=[],
+    )
+    scheduler.update_from_output(output, model_output)
+
+    # Add tow high priority requests.
+    high_priority_requests = create_requests_with_priority(
+        num_requests=2,
+        priorities=[1, 2],
+        arrival_times=[4.0, 5.0],
+        num_tokens=16,
+        request_ids=["4", "5"],
+    )
+    for request in high_priority_requests:
+        scheduler.add_request(request)
+
+    # After scheduling, transfer the two high-priority requests from
+    # the waiting queue to the running queue.
+    # the IDs of the requests in the running queue are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
+    # At this time, 3+2 blocks have been allocated,
+    # and 3 available blocks remain.
+    output = scheduler.schedule()
+
+    merge_requests = priority_requests + high_priority_requests
+
+    model_output = ModelRunnerOutput(
+        req_ids=[req.request_id for req in merge_requests],
+        req_id_to_index={
+            req.request_id: i
+            for i, req in enumerate(merge_requests)
+        },
+        sampled_token_ids=[[1] for _ in merge_requests],
+        spec_token_ids=None,
+        logprobs=None,
+        prompt_logprobs_dict={},
+        pooler_output=[],
+    )
+    scheduler.update_from_output(output, model_output)
+
+    # At this time, the request with the lowest priority
+    # (request.id = 2) will be preempted, freeing up 2 blocks,
+    # which exactly meets the resource allocation requirements
+    # for request.id = 4 and request.id = 5.
+    output = scheduler.schedule()
+
+    # Should schedule the new request without preemption.
+    assert len(scheduler.running) == 4  #
+    assert len(scheduler.waiting) == 1  #
+
+    running_priorities = [req.priority for req in scheduler.running]
+    running_req_ids = [req.request_id for req in scheduler.running]
+
+    assert running_priorities == [3, 4, 1, 2]
+    assert running_req_ids == ["1", "2", "4", "5"]
+    assert scheduler.waiting.peek_request().priority == 5
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
index 49a744cfec69..413a853dfecb 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
@@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ class Scheduler(SchedulerInterface):
                             self.running,
                             key=lambda r: (r.priority, r.arrival_time),
                         )
-                        self.running.remove(preempted_req)
+                        preempted_index = self.running.index(preempted_req)
+                        if preempted_index <= req_index:
+                            req_index -= 1
+                            scheduled_running_reqs.remove(preempted_req)
+                        self.running.pop(preempted_index)
                     else:
                         preempted_req = self.running.pop()