diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/models/gemma3_causal.py b/python/sglang/srt/models/gemma3_causal.py
index 2aab93125..958b90db0 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/models/gemma3_causal.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/models/gemma3_causal.py
@@ -578,8 +578,9 @@ class Gemma3TextModel(PreTrainedModel):
 
         global_config = copy.deepcopy(config)
         global_config.rope_parameters = {
-            "rope_type": "default",
             "rope_theta": global_theta,
+            "factor": config.rope_parameters["full_attention"]["factor"],
+            "rope_type": "linear",
         }
         self.rotary_emb = Gemma3RotaryEmbedding(config=global_config)
         self.gradient_checkpointing = False