diff --git a/tests/v1/distributed/test_async_llm_dp.py b/tests/v1/distributed/test_async_llm_dp.py
index 98d6ef7dbf440..60f9017184ea0 100644
--- a/tests/v1/distributed/test_async_llm_dp.py
+++ b/tests/v1/distributed/test_async_llm_dp.py
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ from vllm.v1.metrics.stats import IterationStats, MultiModalCacheStats, Schedule
 
 DP_SIZE = int(os.getenv("DP_SIZE", 2))
 
-engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs(
-    model="ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b",
-    enforce_eager=True,
-    tensor_parallel_size=int(os.getenv("TP_SIZE", 1)),
-    data_parallel_size=DP_SIZE,
-)
-
 
 async def generate(
     engine: AsyncLLM,
@@ -65,6 +58,13 @@ async def generate(
     return count, request_id
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model",
+    [
+        "ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b",
+        "hmellor/tiny-random-LlamaForCausalLM",
+    ],
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "output_kind",
     [
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ async def generate(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("async_scheduling", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_load(
-    output_kind: RequestOutputKind, data_parallel_backend: str, async_scheduling: bool
+    model: str,
+    output_kind: RequestOutputKind,
+    data_parallel_backend: str,
+    async_scheduling: bool,
 ):
     if async_scheduling and data_parallel_backend == "ray":
         # TODO(NickLucche) Re-enable when async scheduling is supported
@@ -107,8 +110,14 @@ async def test_load(
     with ExitStack() as after:
         prompt = "This is a test of data parallel"
 
-        engine_args.data_parallel_backend = data_parallel_backend
-        engine_args.async_scheduling = async_scheduling
+        engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs(
+            model=model,
+            enforce_eager=True,
+            tensor_parallel_size=int(os.getenv("TP_SIZE", 1)),
+            data_parallel_size=DP_SIZE,
+            data_parallel_backend=data_parallel_backend,
+            async_scheduling=async_scheduling,
+        )
         engine = AsyncLLM.from_engine_args(
             engine_args, stat_loggers=[SimpleStatsLogger]
         )