diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
index 3de6dffc3395d..92fa1eb8ac2b7 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ def test_priority_scheduling_preemption_when_out_of_kv():
 def test_chunked_prefill_disabled_for_encoder_decoder(
         enable_chunked_prefill: bool, is_encoder_decoder: bool,
         expect_enabled: bool) -> None:
-    """Validate that chunked prefill is appropriately disabled for 
+    """Validate that chunked prefill is appropriately disabled for
     encoder-decoder models."""
     scheduler_config = SchedulerConfig(
         enable_chunked_prefill=enable_chunked_prefill,
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ def test_chunked_prefill_disabled_for_encoder_decoder(
 def _validate_chunked_prefill_settings_for_encoder_decoder(
         scheduler_config: SchedulerConfig, is_encoder_decoder: bool,
         expect_enabled: bool) -> None:
-    """Validate chunked prefill settings in the scheduler config for 
+    """Validate chunked prefill settings in the scheduler config for
     encoder-decoder models."""
     assert scheduler_config.chunked_prefill_enabled is expect_enabled
     assert scheduler_config.enable_chunked_prefill is expect_enabled
diff --git a/vllm/config/vllm.py b/vllm/config/vllm.py
index ac40b0fd47836..17d1055ace461 100644
--- a/vllm/config/vllm.py
+++ b/vllm/config/vllm.py
@@ -396,10 +396,17 @@ class VllmConfig:
                         "try setting 'VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD' "
                         "to 'spawn'.")
 
-        # Disable prefix caching only if chunked prefill is explicitly disabled
-        # (and not merely unset)
-        if (self.scheduler_config.chunked_prefill_enabled is False
-                or disable_chunked_prefill_reasons):
+        # Final off-switch for CP/APC:
+        # Disable for (a) collected blockers, (b) encoder–decoder, or
+        # (c) explicit CP=False when APC wasn't requested.
+        # Do NOT disable merely because the resolved CP flag is False.
+        apc_requested = (self.cache_config is not None
+                         and self.cache_config.enable_prefix_caching)
+        if (disable_chunked_prefill_reasons
+                or (self.model_config is not None
+                    and self.model_config.is_encoder_decoder)
+                or (self.scheduler_config.enable_chunked_prefill is False
+                    and not apc_requested)):
             for reason in disable_chunked_prefill_reasons:
                 logger.info(reason)
             self.scheduler_config.chunked_prefill_enabled = False
@@ -668,7 +675,7 @@ class VllmConfig:
                                  f"Model: {self.model_config.model}")
 
     def compile_debug_dump_path(self) -> Optional[Path]:
-        """Returns a rank-aware path for dumping 
+        """Returns a rank-aware path for dumping
         torch.compile debug information.
         """
         if self.compilation_config.debug_dump_path is None: