diff --git a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
index b286a4ba9fe5..8e3d530fc1f9 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
@@ -542,7 +542,14 @@ def make_local_attention_virtual_batches(
                                                    1)
     batch_indices = np.repeat(np.arange(actual_batch_size, dtype=np.int32),
                               local_blocks * pages_per_local_batch)
-    block_table_local = block_table[batch_indices, block_indices]\
+
+    # NOTE: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/160256 causes performance
+    # regression when using numpy arrays (batch and block indices) to index into
+    # torch tensor (block_table). As a workaround, convert numpy arrays to torch
+    # tensor first, which recovers perf.
+    batch_indices_torch = torch.from_numpy(batch_indices)
+    block_indices_torch = torch.from_numpy(block_indices)
+    block_table_local = block_table[batch_indices_torch, block_indices_torch]\
         .view(virtual_batches, -1)
 
     query_start_loc_cpu = torch.from_numpy(cu_seqlens_q_local)