diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/swa_radix_cache.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/swa_radix_cache.py
index 747db25bc..acadbc352 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/swa_radix_cache.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/swa_radix_cache.py
@@ -539,11 +539,14 @@ class SWARadixCache(BasePrefixCache):
 
         # Radix Cache takes one ref in memory pool
         # Note: the insert function already frees the overlapped kv_indices
+        # The prefix below swa_evicted_seqlen has no SWA peers left; the insert
+        # tombstones it instead of claiming live SWA KV.
         result = self.insert(
             InsertParams(
                 key=radix_key,
                 value=values,
                 prev_prefix_len=old_prefix_len,
+                swa_evicted_seqlen=req.kv.swa_evicted_seqlen,
             )
         )
         new_prefix_len = result.prefix_len
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_unittest.py b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_unittest.py
index 38c55f5c0..128c9a61b 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_unittest.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_unittest.py
@@ -894,5 +894,60 @@ class TestFreeFullPartition(CustomTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.allocator.full_available_size(), self.full_baseline)
 
 
+class TestCacheUnfinishedReqEvictedPrefix(CustomTestCase):
+    """An unfinished request whose SWA prefix is already gone must insert that
+    prefix as a tombstone, not as live SWA KV."""
+
+    def test_evicted_prefix_inserts_as_tombstone(self):
+        page_size, window, num_tokens, evicted = 4, 4, 16, 8
+        tree, allocator, req_to_token_pool = _build_swa_tree(
+            is_eagle=False, page_size=page_size, sliding_window_size=window
+        )
+        kv_indices = _swa_alloc(allocator, num_tokens)
+        req_to_token_pool.write((0, slice(0, num_tokens)), kv_indices)
+        # Drop the prefix's SWA peers, as window eviction would.
+        allocator.free_swa(kv_indices[:evicted])
+        swa_before = allocator.swa_available_size()
+
+        token_ids = array("q", range(1, num_tokens + 1))
+        req = _DummyReq()
+        req.req_pool_idx = 0
+        req.origin_input_ids = token_ids
+        req.output_ids = array("q")
+        req.get_fill_ids = lambda: token_ids
+        req.extra_key = None
+        req.cache_salt = None
+        req.cache_protected_len = 0
+        req.last_node = tree.root_node
+        req.swa_uuid_for_lock = None
+        req.prefix_indices = torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.int64, device=tree.device)
+        req.kv.swa_evicted_seqlen = evicted
+
+        tree.cache_unfinished_req(req)
+
+        # The insert itself frees nothing.
+        self.assertEqual(allocator.swa_available_size(), swa_before)
+        # The live leaf holds a full window, so the whole key stays matchable.
+        self.assertEqual(req.cache_protected_len, num_tokens)
+        # [0, evicted) is a tombstone; only [evicted, num_tokens) counts as SWA.
+        (first,) = tree.root_node.children.values()
+        self.assertTrue(first.swa_tombstone)
+        self.assertEqual(len(first.value), evicted)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            tree.swa_evictable_size_ + tree.swa_protected_size_,
+            num_tokens - evicted,
+        )
+
+        # Finishing drops the locks, which sanity_check needs; the accounting
+        # must survive the re-walk.
+        tree.cache_finished_req(req, kv_len_to_handle=num_tokens)
+        self.assertEqual(allocator.swa_available_size(), swa_before)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            tree.swa_evictable_size_ + tree.swa_protected_size_,
+            num_tokens - evicted,
+        )
+        tree.sanity_check()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()