diff --git a/python/sglang/jit_kernel/csrc/elementwise/rmsnorm_hf.cuh b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/csrc/elementwise/rmsnorm_hf.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..937f74818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/csrc/elementwise/rmsnorm_hf.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/**
+ * RMSNorm with HuggingFace semantics:
+ *   out[i] = weight[i] * cast_dtype( rsqrt(mean_j(x[j]^2) + eps) * x[i] )
+ *
+ * vs. standard rmsnorm: the normalized x is rounded to the activation dtype
+ * BEFORE the weight multiply (not after). The multiply itself is done in fp32
+ * either way; the load-bearing step is the intermediate rounding. Required
+ * for HF `LlamaRMSNorm` parity under weight-only quantization.
+ *
+ * Two launch configs:
+ *   - Warp kernel: 32 threads/row for small hidden sizes (q/k norms).
+ *   - CTA kernel:  512-thread scalar-strided with register cache (token norms).
+ */
+
+#include <sgl_kernel/tensor.h>  // For TensorMatcher, SymbolicSize, SymbolicDevice
+#include <sgl_kernel/utils.h>   // For RuntimeCheck
+
+#include <sgl_kernel/math.cuh>     // For device::math::rsqrt
+#include <sgl_kernel/runtime.cuh>  // For runtime::get_blocks_per_sm, get_sm_count
+#include <sgl_kernel/utils.cuh>    // For LaunchKernel, SGL_DEVICE, type aliases, PDL, cast
+#include <sgl_kernel/warp.cuh>     // For warp::reduce_sum
+
+#include <tvm/ffi/container/tensor.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+struct RMSNormHFParams {
+  const void* input;
+  const void* __restrict__ weight;
+  void* output;
+  int64_t input_stride;
+  int64_t output_stride;
+  uint32_t num_tokens;
+  float eps;
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Warp kernel: one warp per row, for small hidden sizes (e.g. q/k norms at
+// head_dim ∈ {32, 64, 96, 128, 256}). No shared memory, no block reduce —
+// warp reduce is sufficient. Grid-strided over rows.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <int64_t kDim, bool kUsePDL, typename Float>
+__global__ __launch_bounds__(32) void rmsnorm_hf_warp_kernel(const RMSNormHFParams __grid_constant__ params) {
+  using namespace device;
+  constexpr int kElemsPerThread = kDim / kWarpThreads;
+
+  const auto& [input, weight_ptr, output, input_stride, output_stride, num_tokens, eps] = params;
+  const auto wr = static_cast<const Float*>(weight_ptr);
+
+  PDLWaitPrimary<kUsePDL>();
+
+  for (uint32_t row = blockIdx.x; row < num_tokens; row += gridDim.x) {
+    const auto xr = static_cast<const Float*>(pointer::offset<Float>(input, row * input_stride));
+    const auto yr = static_cast<Float*>(pointer::offset<Float>(output, row * output_stride));
+
+    float xi_cache[kElemsPerThread];
+    float lsq = 0.f;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int k = 0; k < kElemsPerThread; ++k) {
+      const int i = threadIdx.x + k * kWarpThreads;
+      xi_cache[k] = static_cast<float>(xr[i]);
+      lsq += xi_cache[k] * xi_cache[k];
+    }
+    lsq = warp::reduce_sum(lsq);
+    const float rstd = math::rsqrt(lsq / kDim + eps);
+
+    // HF semantics — round (x*rstd) to dtype, THEN multiply by weight.
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int k = 0; k < kElemsPerThread; ++k) {
+      const int i = threadIdx.x + k * kWarpThreads;
+      const Float xn = cast<Float>(xi_cache[k] * rstd);
+      yr[i] = cast<Float>(static_cast<float>(xn) * static_cast<float>(wr[i]));
+    }
+  }
+
+  PDLTriggerSecondary<kUsePDL>();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Kernel: 512-thread scalar-strided RMSNorm with HF semantics + register cache.
+//
+// Pass 1: each thread loads its strided elements, caches them in registers,
+//         and accumulates the fp32 sum-of-squares. Warp + block reduction
+//         yields `rstd = rsqrt(mean(x^2) + eps)`.
+// Pass 2: reuse cached fp32 values — no second global read of `x`. Per-elem:
+//             xn = cast_to_dtype(x_fp32 * rstd)   <- HF's cast-before-mul
+//             y  = cast_to_dtype(float(xn) * float(w))
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <int64_t kDim, bool kUsePDL, typename Float>
+__global__ __launch_bounds__(512) void rmsnorm_hf_scalar_kernel(const RMSNormHFParams __grid_constant__ params) {
+  using namespace device;
+  constexpr int kNumThreads = 512;
+  constexpr int kNumWarps = kNumThreads / kWarpThreads;
+  // For kDim=4096: kElemsPerThread = 8 (32 bytes of fp32 cache per thread).
+  constexpr int kElemsPerThread = (kDim + kNumThreads - 1) / kNumThreads;
+
+  const auto& [input, weight_ptr, output, input_stride, output_stride, num_tokens, eps] = params;
+  const auto xr = static_cast<const Float*>(pointer::offset<Float>(input, blockIdx.x * input_stride));
+  const auto yr = static_cast<Float*>(pointer::offset<Float>(output, blockIdx.x * output_stride));
+  const auto wr = static_cast<const Float*>(weight_ptr);
+
+  PDLWaitPrimary<kUsePDL>();
+
+  // Pass 1: load, square, accumulate; cache fp32 values in registers.
+  float xi_cache[kElemsPerThread];
+  float lsq = 0.f;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int k = 0; k < kElemsPerThread; ++k) {
+    const int i = threadIdx.x + k * kNumThreads;
+    xi_cache[k] = static_cast<float>(xr[i]);
+    lsq += xi_cache[k] * xi_cache[k];
+  }
+
+  // Warp reduce.
+  lsq = warp::reduce_sum(lsq);
+
+  // Block reduce via shared memory (32 warps * 1 fp32 each).
+  __shared__ float smem[32];
+  const int warp_id = threadIdx.x / kWarpThreads;
+  const int lane_id = threadIdx.x & (kWarpThreads - 1);
+  if (lane_id == 0) smem[warp_id] = lsq;
+  __syncthreads();
+
+  __shared__ float rstd_s;
+  if (threadIdx.x < kWarpThreads) {
+    float v = (threadIdx.x < kNumWarps) ? smem[threadIdx.x] : 0.f;
+    v = warp::reduce_sum(v);
+    if (threadIdx.x == 0) rstd_s = math::rsqrt(v / kDim + eps);
+  }
+  __syncthreads();
+  const float rstd = rstd_s;
+
+  // Pass 2: HF semantics — round (x*rstd) to dtype, THEN multiply by weight.
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int k = 0; k < kElemsPerThread; ++k) {
+    const int i = threadIdx.x + k * kNumThreads;
+    const Float xn = cast<Float>(xi_cache[k] * rstd);
+    yr[i] = cast<Float>(static_cast<float>(xn) * static_cast<float>(wr[i]));
+  }
+
+  PDLTriggerSecondary<kUsePDL>();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Warp launcher: occupancy-sized grid, 32 threads/block, one warp per row.
+// Targets small hidden sizes (q/k RMSNorms). kDim must be a multiple of 32
+// in [32, 512).
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <int64_t kDim, bool kUsePDL, typename DType>
+struct HFRMSNormWarpKernel {
+  static_assert(sizeof(DType) == 2, "rmsnorm_hf: DType must be fp16_t or bf16_t");
+  static_assert(
+      kDim >= 32 && kDim < 512 && kDim % 32 == 0, "rmsnorm_hf_warp: kDim must be a multiple of 32, in [32, 512)");
+  static constexpr auto kernel = rmsnorm_hf_warp_kernel<kDim, kUsePDL, DType>;
+  static constexpr uint32_t kBlockSize = device::kWarpThreads;
+
+  static void
+  run(const tvm::ffi::TensorView input,
+      const tvm::ffi::TensorView weight,
+      const tvm::ffi::TensorView output,
+      float eps) {
+    using namespace host;
+    auto N = SymbolicSize{"num_tokens"};
+    auto D = SymbolicSize{"hidden_size"};
+    auto SI = SymbolicSize{"input_stride"};
+    auto SO = SymbolicSize{"output_stride"};
+    auto device_ = SymbolicDevice{};
+    D.set_value(kDim);
+    device_.set_options<kDLCUDA>();
+
+    TensorMatcher({N, D}).with_strides({SI, 1}).with_dtype<DType>().with_device(device_).verify(input);
+    TensorMatcher({D}).with_dtype<DType>().with_device(device_).verify(weight);
+    TensorMatcher({N, D}).with_strides({SO, 1}).with_dtype<DType>().with_device(device_).verify(output);
+
+    const auto num_tokens = static_cast<uint32_t>(N.unwrap());
+    RuntimeCheck(num_tokens > 0, "rmsnorm_hf: num_tokens must be > 0");
+
+    const auto params = RMSNormHFParams{
+        .input = input.data_ptr(),
+        .weight = weight.data_ptr(),
+        .output = output.data_ptr(),
+        .input_stride = SI.unwrap(),
+        .output_stride = SO.unwrap(),
+        .num_tokens = num_tokens,
+        .eps = eps,
+    };
+
+    static const uint32_t max_occupancy = runtime::get_blocks_per_sm(kernel, kBlockSize);
+    static const uint32_t kNumSM = runtime::get_sm_count(device_.unwrap().device_id);
+    const auto num_blocks = std::min<uint32_t>(num_tokens, max_occupancy * kNumSM);
+    LaunchKernel(num_blocks, kBlockSize, device_.unwrap())  //
+        .enable_pdl(kUsePDL)(kernel, params);
+  }
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// CTA launcher: validates tensors, launches one block per row.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <int64_t kDim, bool kUsePDL, typename DType>
+struct HFRMSNormKernel {
+  static_assert(sizeof(DType) == 2, "rmsnorm_hf: DType must be fp16_t or bf16_t");
+  static_assert(kDim >= 512 && kDim % 512 == 0, "rmsnorm_hf: kDim must be a multiple of 512");
+  static constexpr auto kernel = rmsnorm_hf_scalar_kernel<kDim, kUsePDL, DType>;
+  static constexpr uint32_t kBlockSize = 512;
+
+  static void
+  run(const tvm::ffi::TensorView input,
+      const tvm::ffi::TensorView weight,
+      const tvm::ffi::TensorView output,
+      float eps) {
+    using namespace host;
+    auto N = SymbolicSize{"num_tokens"};
+    auto D = SymbolicSize{"hidden_size"};
+    auto SI = SymbolicSize{"input_stride"};
+    auto SO = SymbolicSize{"output_stride"};
+    auto device_ = SymbolicDevice{};
+    D.set_value(kDim);
+    device_.set_options<kDLCUDA>();
+
+    TensorMatcher({N, D})  // input
+        .with_strides({SI, 1})
+        .with_dtype<DType>()
+        .with_device(device_)
+        .verify(input);
+    TensorMatcher({D})  // weight
+        .with_dtype<DType>()
+        .with_device(device_)
+        .verify(weight);
+    TensorMatcher({N, D})  // output
+        .with_strides({SO, 1})
+        .with_dtype<DType>()
+        .with_device(device_)
+        .verify(output);
+
+    const auto num_tokens = static_cast<uint32_t>(N.unwrap());
+    RuntimeCheck(num_tokens > 0, "rmsnorm_hf: num_tokens must be > 0");
+
+    const auto params = RMSNormHFParams{
+        .input = input.data_ptr(),
+        .weight = weight.data_ptr(),
+        .output = output.data_ptr(),
+        .input_stride = SI.unwrap(),
+        .output_stride = SO.unwrap(),
+        .num_tokens = num_tokens,
+        .eps = eps,
+    };
+
+    LaunchKernel(num_tokens, kBlockSize, device_.unwrap())  //
+        .enable_pdl(kUsePDL)(kernel, params);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace
diff --git a/python/sglang/jit_kernel/rmsnorm_hf.py b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/rmsnorm_hf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4db56dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/rmsnorm_hf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"""RMSNorm with HF LlamaRMSNorm semantics (cast to dtype before weight multiply)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+import torch
+
+from sglang.jit_kernel.utils import (
+    cache_once,
+    is_arch_support_pdl,
+    load_jit,
+    make_cpp_args,
+)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tvm_ffi.module import Module
+
+_CTA_BLOCK_SIZE = 512
+_WARP_SIZE = 32
+
+
+def is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size(hidden_size: int) -> bool:
+    """Return True iff the JIT rmsnorm_hf kernel supports this hidden size.
+
+    Two launch configs cover the practical range:
+      - Warp kernel: ``[32, 512)`` in multiples of 32 (q/k RMSNorm head dims).
+      - CTA kernel: ``>= 512`` in multiples of 512 (token RMSNorms).
+    """
+    if _WARP_SIZE <= hidden_size < _CTA_BLOCK_SIZE and hidden_size % _WARP_SIZE == 0:
+        return True
+    return hidden_size >= _CTA_BLOCK_SIZE and hidden_size % _CTA_BLOCK_SIZE == 0
+
+
+@cache_once
+def _jit_rmsnorm_hf_module(hidden_size: int, dtype: torch.dtype) -> Module:
+    args = make_cpp_args(hidden_size, is_arch_support_pdl(), dtype)
+    kernel_cls = (
+        "HFRMSNormWarpKernel" if hidden_size < _CTA_BLOCK_SIZE else "HFRMSNormKernel"
+    )
+    return load_jit(
+        "rmsnorm_hf",
+        *args,
+        cuda_files=["elementwise/rmsnorm_hf.cuh"],
+        cuda_wrappers=[("rmsnorm_hf", f"{kernel_cls}<{args}>::run")],
+    )
+
+
+def rmsnorm_hf(
+    input: torch.Tensor,
+    weight: torch.Tensor,
+    eps: float = 1e-6,
+    out: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """RMSNorm: ``out = weight * cast_dtype(rsqrt(mean(x^2) + eps) * x)``.
+
+    ``input`` must be 2D ``(num_tokens, hidden_size)``; callers with
+    higher-rank tensors should reshape first. ``hidden_size`` must satisfy
+    :func:`is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size`. Empty inputs return an empty
+    output without launching the kernel.
+    """
+    if input.dtype not in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"rmsnorm_hf: input must be fp16 or bf16, got {input.dtype}")
+    if input.dim() != 2:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"rmsnorm_hf: input must be 2D, got {input.dim()}D")
+    hidden_size = input.size(-1)
+    if not is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size(hidden_size):
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"rmsnorm_hf: unsupported hidden_size={hidden_size} "
+            f"(must be a multiple of {_WARP_SIZE} in [{_WARP_SIZE}, {_CTA_BLOCK_SIZE}) "
+            f"or a multiple of {_CTA_BLOCK_SIZE})"
+        )
+    if out is None:
+        out = torch.empty_like(input)
+    if input.numel() == 0:
+        return out
+    module = _jit_rmsnorm_hf_module(hidden_size, input.dtype)
+    module.rmsnorm_hf(input, weight, out, eps)
+    return out
diff --git a/python/sglang/jit_kernel/tests/test_rmsnorm_hf.py b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/tests/test_rmsnorm_hf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5887bff6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/sglang/jit_kernel/tests/test_rmsnorm_hf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+"""Tests for the JIT rmsnorm_hf kernel (HF LlamaRMSNorm semantics)."""
+
+import itertools
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from sglang.jit_kernel.rmsnorm_hf import (
+    is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size,
+    rmsnorm_hf,
+)
+from sglang.jit_kernel.utils import get_ci_test_range
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cuda_ci
+
+register_cuda_ci(est_time=30, suite="stage-b-kernel-unit-1-gpu-large")
+register_cuda_ci(est_time=120, suite="nightly-kernel-1-gpu", nightly=True)
+
+EPS = 1e-5
+DEVICE = "cuda"
+DTYPES = [torch.float16, torch.bfloat16]
+
+
+def hf_rmsnorm_reference(x: torch.Tensor, w: torch.Tensor, eps: float) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """HF LlamaRMSNorm: normalize fp32, cast normalized x to dtype, then multiply weight."""
+    x_fp32 = x.to(torch.float32)
+    variance = x_fp32.pow(2).mean(-1, keepdim=True)
+    x_normed = x_fp32 * torch.rsqrt(variance + eps)
+    return w * x_normed.to(x.dtype)
+
+
+def sgl_rmsnorm_reference(x: torch.Tensor, w: torch.Tensor, eps: float) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """Old sgl_kernel.rmsnorm semantics — weight multiply in fp32, cast at the end."""
+    x_fp32 = x.to(torch.float32)
+    variance = x_fp32.pow(2).mean(-1, keepdim=True)
+    x_normed = x_fp32 * torch.rsqrt(variance + eps)
+    return (x_normed * w.to(torch.float32)).to(x.dtype)
+
+
+BS_LIST = get_ci_test_range(
+    [1, 2, 4, 7, 16, 64, 128, 512, 1024, 4096],
+    [1, 16, 1024],
+)
+HIDDEN_SIZE_LIST = get_ci_test_range(
+    # Warp-kernel shapes (q/k RMSNorm head dims) + CTA-kernel shapes.
+    [32, 64, 96, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 3072, 4096, 8192, 16384],
+    [128, 512, 4096, 16384],
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "batch_size,hidden_size",
+    list(itertools.product(BS_LIST, HIDDEN_SIZE_LIST)),
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", DTYPES)
+def test_rmsnorm_hf_correctness(
+    batch_size: int, hidden_size: int, dtype: torch.dtype
+) -> None:
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    x = torch.randn(batch_size, hidden_size, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    w = torch.randn(hidden_size, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    out = rmsnorm_hf(x, w, EPS)
+    ref = hf_rmsnorm_reference(x, w, EPS)
+    # Loose atol — the kernel's block-reduce order differs from PyTorch's
+    # `mean`, producing ~1 fp16 ULP of drift on some shapes.
+    # The SGL-semantics regression guard below is what catches the cast-order
+    # bug this PR fixes; it's reduction-order-invariant.
+    torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref, atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", DTYPES)
+def test_rmsnorm_hf_out_param(dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    x = torch.randn(8, 4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    w = torch.randn(4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    out = torch.empty_like(x)
+    result = rmsnorm_hf(x, w, EPS, out=out)
+    assert result.data_ptr() == out.data_ptr()
+    torch.testing.assert_close(
+        out, hf_rmsnorm_reference(x, w, EPS), atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", DTYPES)
+def test_rmsnorm_hf_matches_hf_not_sgl(dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
+    """Regression guard: kernel must follow HF (cast-before-mul), not the old
+    sgl_kernel.rmsnorm semantics (fp32-mul-then-cast). Reduction-order drift
+    prevents a bit-exact assert against HF, so instead assert the kernel is
+    strictly closer to HF than to the SGL reference."""
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    x = torch.randn(64, 4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    w = torch.randn(4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=dtype)
+    out = rmsnorm_hf(x, w, EPS).float()
+    hf_ref = hf_rmsnorm_reference(x, w, EPS).float()
+    sgl_ref = sgl_rmsnorm_reference(x, w, EPS).float()
+    assert (sgl_ref - hf_ref).abs().max() > 0, "inputs don't exercise the difference"
+    diff_hf = (out - hf_ref).abs().max().item()
+    diff_sgl = (out - sgl_ref).abs().max().item()
+    assert (
+        diff_hf < diff_sgl
+    ), f"kernel closer to SGL than HF (hf={diff_hf}, sgl={diff_sgl})"
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_hf_empty_input() -> None:
+    """Empty input must short-circuit: the C++ launcher rejects num_tokens=0."""
+    x = torch.empty(0, 4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=torch.float16)
+    w = torch.randn(4096, device=DEVICE, dtype=torch.float16)
+    out = rmsnorm_hf(x, w, EPS)
+    assert out.shape == x.shape and out.numel() == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("hidden_size", "expected"),
+    [
+        (16, False),
+        (32, True),
+        (64, True),
+        (96, True),
+        (128, True),
+        (256, True),
+        (288, True),
+        (384, True),
+        (500, False),
+        (512, True),
+        (3072, True),
+        (4096, True),
+        (8192, True),
+        (4097, False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_supported_hidden_size(hidden_size: int, expected: bool) -> None:
+    assert is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size(hidden_size) is expected
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(pytest.main([__file__, "-v", "-s"]))
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/layernorm.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/layernorm.py
index e995d8378..30dc41451 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/layernorm.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/layernorm.py
@@ -83,6 +83,27 @@ elif _is_hip:
         # Fallback: vllm not available, will use forward_native
         _has_vllm_rms_norm = False
 
+if _is_cuda:
+    # HF-semantics RMSNorm kernel (JIT-compiled).  Used when `cast_x_before_out_mul=True`
+    # (the transformers backend path) to produce outputs that are numerically identical
+    # to HuggingFace `LlamaRMSNorm`: the cast from fp32 to the activation dtype happens
+    # BEFORE the weight multiply, so the multiply is done in the narrow dtype.
+    _jit_rmsnorm_hf_available = False
+    try:
+        from sglang.jit_kernel.rmsnorm_hf import (
+            is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size,
+        )
+        from sglang.jit_kernel.rmsnorm_hf import rmsnorm_hf as _jit_rmsnorm_hf
+
+        _jit_rmsnorm_hf_available = True
+    except ImportError:
+
+        def is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size(d: int) -> bool:
+            return False
+
+        _jit_rmsnorm_hf = None
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if _is_npu:
@@ -199,6 +220,7 @@ class RMSNorm(MultiPlatformOp):
         if is_batch_invariant_mode_enabled():
             if (
                 residual is not None
+                or self.cast_x_before_out_mul
                 or get_global_server_args().rl_on_policy_target == "fsdp"
             ):
                 return self.forward_native(x, residual, post_residual_addition)
@@ -207,6 +229,23 @@ class RMSNorm(MultiPlatformOp):
                 self.weight.data,
                 self.variance_epsilon,
             )
+        if self.cast_x_before_out_mul and residual is None:
+            # Use HF-semantics kernel (cast to dtype before weight multiply).
+            if (
+                _jit_rmsnorm_hf_available
+                and x.dtype in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16)
+                and self.weight.data.dtype == x.dtype
+                and is_supported_rmsnorm_hf_hidden_size(x.shape[-1])
+            ):
+                out = _jit_rmsnorm_hf(
+                    x.contiguous(), self.weight.data, self.variance_epsilon
+                )
+            else:
+                # Fallback: pure-Python HF semantics (already implemented in forward_native).
+                out = self.forward_native(x, None, None)
+            if needs_reshape:
+                out = out.reshape(original_shape)
+            return out
         if residual is not None:
             # TODO: Ideally we want to have (hidden_states+residual)+post_residual_addition.
             # but right now we can only have hidden_states+(residual+post_residual_addition).
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/models/transformers.py b/python/sglang/srt/models/transformers.py
index d928870b9..7a51d1079 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/models/transformers.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/models/transformers.py
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ def replace_rms_norm_class(rms_norm: nn.Module, hidden_size: int) -> nn.Module:
             kwargs["weight_dtype"] = weight_meta.dtype
         else:
             kwargs["has_weight"] = False
+        kwargs["cast_x_before_out_mul"] = (
+            True  # match HF fp16-weight-multiply semantics
+        )
         base_cls = RMSNorm
         norm = base_cls(**kwargs)