diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
index 76408fba2e16..aaac2deb12ac 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from vllm.v1.outputs import DraftTokenIds, ModelRunnerOutput
 from vllm.v1.request import Request, RequestStatus
 from vllm.v1.structured_output import StructuredOutputManager
-from vllm.v1.structured_output.request import StructuredOutputRequest
 
 from .utils import EOS_TOKEN_ID, create_requests, create_scheduler
 
@@ -335,10 +334,10 @@ def test_stop_via_update_from_output():
             requests[0].request_id: [],
             requests[1].request_id: [10],
         },
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -383,10 +382,10 @@ def test_stop_via_update_from_output():
             requests[0].request_id: [10, 42],
             requests[1].request_id: [13],
         },
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -429,10 +428,10 @@ def test_stop_via_update_from_output():
             requests[0].request_id: [10, 11],
             requests[1].request_id: [],
         },
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -470,10 +469,10 @@ def test_stop_via_update_from_output():
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=3,
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={requests[0].request_id: [EOS_TOKEN_ID, 10]},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -1941,7 +1940,6 @@ def test_schedule_skip_tokenizer_init_structured_output_request():
         sampling_params=sampling_params,
         pooling_params=None,
         eos_token_id=EOS_TOKEN_ID,
-        structured_output_request=StructuredOutputRequest(sampling_params),
     )
     scheduler.add_request(request)
     output = scheduler.schedule()
diff --git a/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_kv_connector_lifecyle.py b/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_kv_connector_lifecyle.py
index 0bb67b574fa1..b5c8f378be18 100644
--- a/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_kv_connector_lifecyle.py
+++ b/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_kv_connector_lifecyle.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def _make_empty_scheduler_output():
         num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
         kv_connector_metadata=SharedStorageConnectorMetadata(),
     )
diff --git a/tests/v1/tpu/worker/test_tpu_model_runner.py b/tests/v1/tpu/worker/test_tpu_model_runner.py
index df9fcdc37fa3..e471174ef674 100644
--- a/tests/v1/tpu/worker/test_tpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/tests/v1/tpu/worker/test_tpu_model_runner.py
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ def _schedule_new_request(*req_ids: str) -> SchedulerOutput:
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=total_num_scheduled_tokens,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_finished(model_runner):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=0,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids={req_id},
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_resumed(model_runner):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=0,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_resumed(model_runner):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ def test_update_states_no_changes(model_runner):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_unscheduled(model_runner):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py b/tests/v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py
index 817cd7f10c1c..fe52f565c8a8 100644
--- a/tests/v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/tests/v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ def _schedule_new_request(*req_ids: str) -> SchedulerOutput:
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=total_num_scheduled_tokens,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_finished(model_runner, dist_init):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=0,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids={req_id},
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_resumed(model_runner, dist_init):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=0,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_resumed(model_runner, dist_init):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ def test_update_states_no_changes(model_runner, dist_init):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ def test_update_states_request_unscheduled(model_runner, dist_init):
         total_num_scheduled_tokens=1,
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens={},
         scheduled_encoder_inputs={},
-        num_common_prefix_blocks=0,
+        num_common_prefix_blocks=[],
         finished_req_ids=set(),
         free_encoder_mm_hashes=[],
-        structured_output_request_ids={},
+        structured_output_request_ids=[],
         grammar_bitmask=None,
     )
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
index bce15e1a476f..619dcd178a13 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ class SchedulerOutput:
     # freed from the encoder cache.
     free_encoder_mm_hashes: list[str]
 
-    # Dict of request ids to their index within the batch
-    # for filling the next token bitmask
-    structured_output_request_ids: dict[str, int]
+    # ids of structured outputs requests included in the bitmask, in order.
+    structured_output_request_ids: list[str]
     # the bitmask for the whole batch
     grammar_bitmask: "npt.NDArray[np.int32] | None"
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
index cbbdf48c6e0c..8282d70dc883 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed.kv_events import EventPublisherFactory, KVEventBatch
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 from vllm.v1.spec_decode.metrics import SpecDecodingStats
 from vllm.v1.structured_output import StructuredOutputManager
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import numpy as np
+    import numpy.typing as npt
+
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -610,11 +614,8 @@ def schedule(self) -> SchedulerOutput:
             scheduled_spec_decode_tokens,
             req_to_new_blocks,
         )
-        scheduled_requests = (
-            scheduled_new_reqs + scheduled_running_reqs + scheduled_resumed_reqs
-        )
         structured_output_request_ids, grammar_bitmask = self.get_grammar_bitmask(
-            scheduled_requests, scheduled_spec_decode_tokens
+            num_scheduled_tokens.keys(), scheduled_spec_decode_tokens
         )
         scheduler_output = SchedulerOutput(
             scheduled_new_reqs=new_reqs_data,
@@ -878,32 +879,28 @@ def _try_schedule_encoder_inputs(
 
     def get_grammar_bitmask(
         self,
-        requests: list[Request],
+        scheduled_request_ids: Iterable[str],
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens: dict[str, list[int]],
-    ):
-        # NOTE: structured_output_request_ids maps
-        # a request's (request that uses structured output)
-        # request_id to its index in the batch.
-        # This will help us determine to slice the grammar bitmask
-        # and only applies valid mask for requests that
-        # uses structured decoding.
-        structured_output_request_ids: dict[str, int] = {}
-        for i, req in enumerate(requests):
-            if req.use_structured_output:
-                # PERF: in case of chunked prefill,
-                # request might not include any new tokens.
-                # Therefore, we might introduce some additional
-                # cycle to fill in the bitmask, which could be a big no-op.
-                structured_output_request_ids[req.request_id] = i
-
+    ) -> tuple[list[str], "npt.NDArray[np.int32] | None"]:
+        # Collect list of scheduled request ids that use structured output.
+        # The corresponding rows of the bitmask will be in this order.
+        # PERF: in case of chunked prefill,
+        # request might not include any new tokens.
+        # Therefore, we might introduce some additional
+        # cycle to fill in the bitmask, which could be a big no-op.
+        structured_output_request_ids = [
+            req_id
+            for req_id in scheduled_request_ids
+            if (req := self.requests.get(req_id)) and req.use_structured_output
+        ]
         if not structured_output_request_ids:
-            bitmask = None
-        else:
-            bitmask = self.structured_output_manager.grammar_bitmask(
-                self.requests,
-                structured_output_request_ids,
-                scheduled_spec_decode_tokens,
-            )
+            return structured_output_request_ids, None
+
+        bitmask = self.structured_output_manager.grammar_bitmask(
+            self.requests,
+            structured_output_request_ids,
+            scheduled_spec_decode_tokens,
+        )
         return structured_output_request_ids, bitmask
 
     def update_from_output(
@@ -1011,12 +1008,10 @@ def update_from_output(
                 new_logprobs = logprobs.slice(req_index, req_index + 1)
 
             if new_token_ids and self.structured_output_manager.should_advance(request):
-                # NOTE: structured_output_request
-                # should not be None if use_structured_output, we have
-                # checked above, so safe to ignore type warning
-                request.structured_output_request.grammar.accept_tokens(  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-                    req_id, new_token_ids
-                )
+                struct_output_request = request.structured_output_request
+                assert struct_output_request is not None
+                assert struct_output_request.grammar is not None
+                struct_output_request.grammar.accept_tokens(req_id, new_token_ids)
 
             if num_nans_in_logits is not None and req_id in num_nans_in_logits:
                 request.num_nans_in_logits = num_nans_in_logits[req_id]
diff --git a/vllm/v1/request.py b/vllm/v1/request.py
index 5926bf5b46ee..864b0eb7fa41 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/request.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/request.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def __init__(
         prompt_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
         mm_features: list[MultiModalFeatureSpec] | None = None,
         lora_request: Optional["LoRARequest"] = None,
-        structured_output_request: Optional["StructuredOutputRequest"] = None,
         cache_salt: str | None = None,
         priority: int = 0,
         trace_headers: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
@@ -54,11 +53,12 @@ def __init__(
         # Because of LoRA, the eos token id can be different for each request.
         self.eos_token_id = eos_token_id
         self.lora_request = lora_request
-        self.structured_output_request = structured_output_request
+        self.structured_output_request = StructuredOutputRequest.from_sampling_params(
+            sampling_params
+        )
         self.arrival_time = arrival_time if arrival_time is not None else time.time()
 
         self.status = RequestStatus.WAITING
-        self.use_structured_output = False
         self.events: list[EngineCoreEvent] = []
         self.stop_reason: int | str | None = None
 
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ def __init__(
             # Generative models.
             assert sampling_params.max_tokens is not None
             self.max_tokens = sampling_params.max_tokens
-            if sampling_params.structured_outputs is not None:
+            if self.structured_output_request is not None:
                 self.status = RequestStatus.WAITING_FOR_FSM
-                self.use_structured_output = True
 
             if sampling_params.extra_args is not None:
                 self.kv_transfer_params = sampling_params.extra_args.get(
@@ -145,11 +144,6 @@ def from_engine_core_request(
             eos_token_id=request.eos_token_id,
             arrival_time=request.arrival_time,
             lora_request=request.lora_request,
-            structured_output_request=StructuredOutputRequest(
-                sampling_params=request.sampling_params
-            )
-            if request.sampling_params
-            else None,
             cache_salt=request.cache_salt,
             priority=request.priority,
             trace_headers=request.trace_headers,
@@ -170,6 +164,10 @@ def append_output_token_ids(
         if self.get_hash_new_full_blocks is not None:
             self.block_hashes.extend(self.get_hash_new_full_blocks())
 
+    @property
+    def use_structured_output(self) -> bool:
+        return self.structured_output_request is not None
+
     @property
     def is_output_corrupted(self) -> bool:
         return self.num_nans_in_logits > 0
diff --git a/vllm/v1/structured_output/__init__.py b/vllm/v1/structured_output/__init__.py
index 336a0eb98682..8d7f4b5d6896 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/structured_output/__init__.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/structured_output/__init__.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def _async_submit_fill_bitmask(
     def grammar_bitmask(
         self,
         requests: dict[str, Request],
-        structured_output_request_ids: dict[str, int],
+        structured_output_request_ids: list[str],
         scheduled_spec_decode_tokens: dict[str, list[int]],
     ) -> "npt.NDArray[np.int32] | None":
         # Prepare the structured output bitmask for this batch.
@@ -196,17 +196,16 @@ def grammar_bitmask(
         # masks for each request, one for each possible bonus token position.
         # These are stored inline in the tensor and unpacked by the gpu runner.
         cumulative_index = 0
-        ordered_seq = sorted(structured_output_request_ids.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
 
         # Optimized parallel filling of bitmasks for
         # non-spec, large-batch-size cases
         if (
-            len(ordered_seq) > self.fill_bitmask_parallel_threshold
+            len(structured_output_request_ids) > self.fill_bitmask_parallel_threshold
             and max_num_spec_tokens == 0
         ):
             promises = []
             batch = []
-            for req_id, _ in ordered_seq:
+            for req_id in structured_output_request_ids:
                 request = requests[req_id]
                 structured_output_request = request.structured_output_request
                 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ def grammar_bitmask(
                 promise.result()
         else:
             # Fallback to serial filling of bitmasks for small-batch-size cases
-            for req_id, _ in ordered_seq:
+            for req_id in structured_output_request_ids:
                 request = requests[req_id]
                 structured_output_request = request.structured_output_request
 
@@ -295,21 +294,20 @@ def should_advance(self, request: Request) -> bool:
             assert request.structured_output_request.grammar is not None
         # by default, we should always advance
         # for cases that don't use thinking mode.
-        if self.reasoner is not None:
-            structured_req = request.structured_output_request
+        if self.reasoner is None:
+            return True
 
-            if structured_req.reasoning_ended:
-                return True
+        structured_req = request.structured_output_request
+        if structured_req.reasoning_ended:
+            return True
 
-            # Check if reasoning ends in *this* step
-            if self.reasoner.is_reasoning_end(request.all_token_ids):
-                # Reasoning just ended, so we shouldn't advance til
-                # next pass
-                structured_req.reasoning_ended = True
+        # Check if reasoning ends in *this* step
+        if self.reasoner.is_reasoning_end(request.all_token_ids):
+            # Reasoning just ended, so we shouldn't advance til
+            # next pass
+            structured_req.reasoning_ended = True
 
-            return False
-        else:
-            return True
+        return False
 
     def clear_backend(self) -> None:
         if self.backend is not None:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_guidance.py b/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_guidance.py
index c37193e667aa..8e75b99f8481 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_guidance.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_guidance.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def _process_schema(
 def validate_guidance_grammar(
     sampling_params: SamplingParams, tokenizer: llguidance.LLTokenizer | None = None
 ) -> None:
-    tp, grm = get_structured_output_key(sampling_params)
+    tp, grm = get_structured_output_key(sampling_params.structured_outputs)
     guidance_grm = serialize_guidance_grammar(tp, grm)
     err = llguidance.LLMatcher.validate_grammar(guidance_grm, tokenizer)
     if err:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/structured_output/request.py b/vllm/v1/structured_output/request.py
index 9e149b186c63..afe0e4b3f3a7 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/structured_output/request.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/structured_output/request.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures._base import TimeoutError
 from typing import cast
 
-from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams
+from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams, StructuredOutputsParams
 from vllm.v1.structured_output.backend_types import (
     StructuredOutputGrammar,
     StructuredOutputKey,
@@ -17,10 +17,19 @@
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class StructuredOutputRequest:
-    sampling_params: SamplingParams
+    params: StructuredOutputsParams
     _grammar: Future[StructuredOutputGrammar] | StructuredOutputGrammar | None = None
     reasoning_ended: bool | None = None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_sampling_params(
+        sampling_params: SamplingParams | None,
+    ) -> "StructuredOutputRequest | None":
+        if sampling_params is None:
+            return None
+        params = sampling_params.structured_outputs
+        return StructuredOutputRequest(params=params) if params else None
+
     def _check_grammar_completion(self) -> bool:
         # NOTE: We have to lazy import to gate circular imports
         from vllm.v1.request import RequestStatus
@@ -53,31 +62,28 @@ def grammar(
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def structured_output_key(self) -> StructuredOutputKey:
-        return get_structured_output_key(self.sampling_params)
+        return get_structured_output_key(self.params)
 
 
-def get_structured_output_key(sampling_params: SamplingParams) -> StructuredOutputKey:
-    params = sampling_params.structured_outputs
-    assert params is not None, "params can't be None."
+def get_structured_output_key(params: StructuredOutputsParams) -> StructuredOutputKey:
     if params.json is not None:
         if not isinstance(params.json, str):
             json_str = json.dumps(params.json)
         else:
             json_str = params.json
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.JSON, json_str)
-    elif params.json_object:
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.JSON_OBJECT, "")
-    elif params.regex is not None:
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.REGEX, params.regex)
-    elif params.choice is not None:
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.JSON, json_str
+    if params.json_object:
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.JSON_OBJECT, ""
+    if params.regex is not None:
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.REGEX, params.regex
+    if params.choice is not None:
         if not isinstance(params.choice, str):
             json_str = json.dumps(params.choice)
         else:
             json_str = params.choice
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.CHOICE, json_str)
-    elif params.grammar is not None:
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.GRAMMAR, params.grammar)
-    elif params.structural_tag is not None:
-        return (StructuredOutputOptions.STRUCTURAL_TAG, params.structural_tag)
-    else:
-        raise ValueError("No valid structured output parameter found")
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.CHOICE, json_str
+    if params.grammar is not None:
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.GRAMMAR, params.grammar
+    if params.structural_tag is not None:
+        return StructuredOutputOptions.STRUCTURAL_TAG, params.structural_tag
+    raise ValueError("No valid structured output parameter found")
diff --git a/vllm/v1/structured_output/utils.py b/vllm/v1/structured_output/utils.py
index 2520dc217c79..4b793b9a72fd 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/structured_output/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/structured_output/utils.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def apply_grammar_bitmask(
     scheduler_output: SchedulerOutput,
     input_batch: InputBatch,
     logits: torch.Tensor,
-    device: torch.device,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Apply grammar bitmask to output logits of the model with xgrammar function.
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ def apply_grammar_bitmask(
         scheduler_output (SchedulerOutput): The result of engine scheduling.
         input_batch (InputBatch): The input of model runner.
         logits (torch.Tensor): The output logits of model forward.
-        device (torch.device): The device that model runner running on.
     """
     grammar_bitmask = scheduler_output.grammar_bitmask
     if grammar_bitmask is None:
@@ -91,10 +89,7 @@ def apply_grammar_bitmask(
         dtype=grammar_bitmask.dtype,
     )
     cumulative_index = 0
-    seq = sorted(
-        scheduler_output.structured_output_request_ids.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]
-    )
-    for req_id, _ in seq:
+    for req_id in scheduler_output.structured_output_request_ids:
         num_spec_tokens = len(
             scheduler_output.scheduled_spec_decode_tokens.get(req_id, [])
         )
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ def apply_grammar_bitmask(
 
     xgr.apply_token_bitmask_inplace(
         logits,
-        grammar_bitmask.to(device, non_blocking=True),
+        grammar_bitmask.to(logits.device, non_blocking=True),
         indices=out_indices if not skip_out_indices else None,
     )
 
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
index 5c2893bd0926..05e7438cd8a4 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu_model_runner.py
@@ -2570,10 +2570,8 @@ def execute_model(
                 logits = model_output_broadcast_data["logits"]
 
             # Apply structured output bitmasks if present
-            if scheduler_output.grammar_bitmask is not None:
-                apply_grammar_bitmask(
-                    scheduler_output, self.input_batch, logits, self.device
-                )
+            if scheduler_output.structured_output_request_ids:
+                apply_grammar_bitmask(scheduler_output, self.input_batch, logits)
 
         with record_function_or_nullcontext("Sample"):
             sampler_output = self._sample(logits, spec_decode_metadata)
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_model_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_model_runner.py
index 6fd71259dbcb..bd5434db9238 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_model_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/tpu_model_runner.py
@@ -1963,12 +1963,8 @@ def prepare_structured_decoding_input(
         self.grammar_bitmask_cpu.zero_()
         self.require_structured_out_cpu.zero_()
 
-        sorted_struct_requests = sorted(
-            scheduler_output.structured_output_request_ids.items(),
-            key=lambda item: item[1],
-        )
         cumulative_mask_idx = 0
-        for req_id, _ in sorted_struct_requests:
+        for req_id in scheduler_output.structured_output_request_ids:
             if req_id not in self.input_batch.req_id_to_index:
                 continue
             batch_index = self.input_batch.req_id_to_index[req_id]