diff --git a/tests/test_sharded_state_loader.py b/tests/test_sharded_state_loader.py
index 42afdfa3c7468..fd5b5fad0999c 100644
--- a/tests/test_sharded_state_loader.py
+++ b/tests/test_sharded_state_loader.py
@@ -57,10 +57,19 @@ def llama_3p2_1b_files():
 
 def _run_writer(input_dir, output_dir, weights_patterns, **kwargs):
     llm_sharded_writer = LLM(model=input_dir, **kwargs)
-
+    # Check which engine version is being used
+    is_v1_engine = hasattr(llm_sharded_writer.llm_engine, "engine_core")
     # Dump worker states to output directory
-    llm_sharded_writer.llm_engine.model_executor.save_sharded_state(
-        path=output_dir)
+    if is_v1_engine:
+        # For V1 engine, we need to use engine_core.save_sharded_state
+        print("Using V1 engine save path")
+        llm_sharded_writer.llm_engine.engine_core.save_sharded_state(
+            path=output_dir)
+    else:
+        # For V0 engine
+        print("Using V0 engine save path")
+        model_executor = llm_sharded_writer.llm_engine.model_executor
+        model_executor.save_sharded_state(path=output_dir)
 
     # Copy metadata files to output directory
     for file in os.listdir(input_dir):
@@ -91,8 +100,6 @@ def test_sharded_state_loader(enable_lora, tp_size, num_gpus_available,
     gpu_memory_utilization = 0.8
     input_dir = llama_3p2_1b_files
     ctx = mp.get_context("spawn")
-    # The interface in v1 engine has changed, run in v1 engine will hang.
-    monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "0")
 
     # Run in separate processes for memory & CUDA isolation
     with TemporaryDirectory() as output_dir:
@@ -100,7 +107,6 @@ def test_sharded_state_loader(enable_lora, tp_size, num_gpus_available,
                         args=(input_dir, output_dir, weights_patterns),
                         kwargs=dict(
                             tensor_parallel_size=tp_size,
-                            distributed_executor_backend="mp",
                             gpu_memory_utilization=gpu_memory_utilization,
                             enforce_eager=True,
                         ))
@@ -112,7 +118,6 @@ def test_sharded_state_loader(enable_lora, tp_size, num_gpus_available,
         p = ctx.Process(target=_run_generate,
                         args=(input_dir, queue),
                         kwargs=dict(
-                            distributed_executor_backend="mp",
                             enable_lora=enable_lora,
                             gpu_memory_utilization=gpu_memory_utilization,
                             tensor_parallel_size=tp_size,
@@ -133,7 +138,6 @@ def test_sharded_state_loader(enable_lora, tp_size, num_gpus_available,
         p = ctx.Process(target=_run_generate,
                         args=(output_dir, queue),
                         kwargs=dict(
-                            distributed_executor_backend="mp",
                             enable_lora=enable_lora,
                             gpu_memory_utilization=gpu_memory_utilization,
                             tensor_parallel_size=tp_size,
diff --git a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
index 7a4bb0d41d236..8912ff8bad429 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
@@ -1486,12 +1486,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
         #############################################################
         # Unsupported Feature Flags on V1.
 
-        if self.load_format == "sharded_state":
-            _raise_or_fallback(
-                feature_name=f"--load_format {self.load_format}",
-                recommend_to_remove=False)
-            return False
-
         if (self.logits_processor_pattern
                 != EngineArgs.logits_processor_pattern):
             _raise_or_fallback(feature_name="--logits-processor-pattern",