diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/models/qwen3_5.py b/python/sglang/srt/models/qwen3_5.py
index f5771a957..30fd062df 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/models/qwen3_5.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/models/qwen3_5.py
@@ -891,7 +891,9 @@ class Qwen3_5LinearDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
             )
         )
 
-        if not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle() and hidden_states.shape[0] > 0:
+        # fused AR+quant hands down a (fp8, scale) / (bf16, fp8, scale) tuple
+        hs = hidden_states[0] if isinstance(hidden_states, tuple) else hidden_states
+        if not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle() and hs.shape[0] > 0:
             hidden_states = self.linear_attn(
                 hidden_states,
                 forward_batch,
@@ -1295,7 +1297,9 @@ class Qwen3_5AttentionDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
             )
         )
 
-        if not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle() and hidden_states.shape[0] > 0:
+        # fused AR+quant hands down a (fp8, scale) / (bf16, fp8, scale) tuple
+        hs = hidden_states[0] if isinstance(hidden_states, tuple) else hidden_states
+        if not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle() and hs.shape[0] > 0:
             hidden_states = self.self_attention(
                 positions=positions,
                 hidden_states=hidden_states,