diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_vl_moe.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_vl_moe.py
index 52ea652b3765..02cc5d6d66d1 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_vl_moe.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_vl_moe.py
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str,
                     # attempted to load as other weights later
                     is_expert_weight = True
                     name_mapped = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)
+                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name_mapped, self):
+                        continue
                     if is_fused_expert:
                         loaded_weight = loaded_weight.transpose(-1,
                                                                 -2)  # no bias
@@ -230,8 +232,6 @@ def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str,
                                 name_mapped, params_dict, loaded_weight,
                                 shard_id, num_experts)
                     else:
-                        if is_pp_missing_parameter(name_mapped, self):
-                            continue
                         # Skip loading extra parameters for GPTQ/modelopt models
                         if name_mapped.endswith(
                                 ignore_suffixes