diff --git a/tests/tokenizers_/test_hf.py b/tests/tokenizers_/test_hf.py
index c1238900ce0d1..a343727188ee1 100644
--- a/tests/tokenizers_/test_hf.py
+++ b/tests/tokenizers_/test_hf.py
@@ -41,3 +41,20 @@ def _check_consistency(target: TokenizerLike, expected: TokenizerLike):
     )
 
     assert target.encode("prompt") == expected.encode("prompt")
+
+
+def test_cached_tokenizer_preserves_class_name():
+    """Test that cached tokenizer preserves original class name.
+
+    This is important for compatibility with HuggingFace transformers
+    processor type checking, which validates tokenizer class name.
+    See: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/31080
+    """
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("gpt2")
+    original_class_name = tokenizer.__class__.__name__
+
+    cached_tokenizer = get_cached_tokenizer(tokenizer)
+
+    # The cached tokenizer's class should have the same name as original
+    assert cached_tokenizer.__class__.__name__ == original_class_name
+    assert cached_tokenizer.__class__.__qualname__ == tokenizer.__class__.__qualname__
diff --git a/vllm/tokenizers/hf.py b/vllm/tokenizers/hf.py
index a7b565dca5d8f..1a8a68d647140 100644
--- a/vllm/tokenizers/hf.py
+++ b/vllm/tokenizers/hf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ def get_cached_tokenizer(tokenizer: HfTokenizer) -> HfTokenizer:
         def __reduce__(self):
             return get_cached_tokenizer, (tokenizer,)
 
-    CachedTokenizer.__name__ = f"Cached{tokenizer.__class__.__name__}"
+    # Keep the original class name to maintain compatibility with
+    # HuggingFace transformers processor type checking.
+    # The processor checks tokenizer class name against expected types.
+    CachedTokenizer.__name__ = tokenizer.__class__.__name__
+    CachedTokenizer.__qualname__ = tokenizer.__class__.__qualname__
 
     cached_tokenizer.__class__ = CachedTokenizer
     return cached_tokenizer