diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/gpt_oss.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/gpt_oss.py
index 6a65bbbe2e0d..7c7712dbe106 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/gpt_oss.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/gpt_oss.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import torch.distributed as dist
 from torch import nn
 from transformers import GptOssConfig
 
-from vllm import envs
 from vllm.attention import Attention, AttentionType
 from vllm.compilation.decorators import support_torch_compile
 from vllm.config import CacheConfig, VllmConfig
@@ -70,11 +69,9 @@ class OAIAttention(nn.Module):
 
         tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
 
-        attention_sink_dtype = (torch.float32 if envs.VLLM_USE_TRTLLM_ATTENTION
-                                else torch.bfloat16)
         self.sinks = torch.nn.Parameter(
             torch.empty(config.num_attention_heads // tp_size,
-                        dtype=attention_sink_dtype,
+                        dtype=torch.bfloat16,
                         requires_grad=False))
 
         self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=1e-5)
diff --git a/vllm/utils/flashinfer.py b/vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
index 5998d4c3127f..6b23ed426806 100644
--- a/vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
+++ b/vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ def use_trtllm_attention(
     num_qo_heads: Optional[int],
     num_kv_heads: Optional[int],
     attn_head_size: Optional[int],
+    has_sinks: bool = False,
 ) -> bool:
     # Requires SM100 and NVIDIA artifactory to be accessible to download cubins
     if not (current_platform.is_device_capability(100)
@@ -165,6 +166,13 @@ def use_trtllm_attention(
             or num_qo_heads % num_kv_heads != 0):
         return False
 
+    # If sinks are being used, we must use TRTLLM attention as it's
+    # the only backend that supports them
+    if has_sinks:
+        logger.info_once(
+            "Using TRTLLM attention (required for attention sinks).")
+        return True
+
     env_value = envs.VLLM_USE_TRTLLM_ATTENTION
     if env_value is not None:
         logger.info_once("VLLM_USE_TRTLLM_ATTENTION is set to %s", env_value)
diff --git a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flashinfer.py b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flashinfer.py
index c85d8bce31f5..12e5542d691c 100755
--- a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flashinfer.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/flashinfer.py
@@ -523,14 +523,17 @@ class FlashInferMetadataBuilder(AttentionMetadataBuilder[FlashInferMetadata]):
         num_kv_heads = self.kv_cache_spec.num_kv_heads
         head_dim = self.kv_cache_spec.head_size
 
+        # Check if any layer uses sinks (requires TRTLLM attention)
+        has_sinks = self.global_hyperparameters.has_sinks
+
         # currently prefill trtllm attention does not support fp8 kv cache
         prefill_use_trtllm = not cache_dtype.startswith("fp8") \
                                 and use_trtllm_attention(
                                 num_prefill_tokens, max_seq_len, cache_dtype,
-                                num_qo_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim)
+                                num_qo_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, has_sinks)
         decode_use_trtllm = use_trtllm_attention(
                                 num_decode_tokens, max_seq_len, cache_dtype,
-                                num_qo_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim)
+                                num_qo_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, has_sinks)
 
         attn_metadata = FlashInferMetadata(
             num_actual_tokens=num_actual_tokens,
@@ -642,9 +645,9 @@ class FlashInferImpl(AttentionImpl):
                     f"heads in the layer. Expected {num_heads}, but got "
                     f"{sinks.shape[0]}."
                 )
+            # Cast sinks to float32 if needed (FlashInfer requirement)
             if sinks.dtype != torch.float32:
-                raise ValueError("Sinks must be of type float32, but got "
-                                 f"{sinks.dtype}.")
+                sinks = sinks.to(torch.float32)
             self.sinks = sinks
 
     def forward(
diff --git a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
index e23dd8bc5bbb..91eb84245ac0 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ class PerLayerParameters:
     window_left: int
     logits_soft_cap: Optional[float]
     sm_scale: float
+    has_sinks: bool = False
 
 
 def get_per_layer_parameters(
@@ -307,9 +308,11 @@ def get_per_layer_parameters(
         window_left = window_size[0] if window_size is not None else -1
         logits_soft_cap = getattr(impl, "logits_soft_cap", None)
         sm_scale = impl.scale
+        has_sinks = getattr(impl, "sinks", None) is not None
 
         per_layer_params[key] = PerLayerParameters(window_left,
-                                                   logits_soft_cap, sm_scale)
+                                                   logits_soft_cap, sm_scale,
+                                                   has_sinks)
 
     return per_layer_params