diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/kernels.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/kernels.py
index 39f46ccef..086fa0db2 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/kernels.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/kernels.py
@@ -1307,7 +1307,9 @@ def zero_experts_compute_triton(
         zero_expert_scales[zero_expert_mask] = 0.0
 
     normal_expert_mask = expert_indices >= num_experts
-    expert_indices[normal_expert_mask] = -1
+    # Keep a valid routed-expert id for MoE kernels that do not accept negative
+    # ids. The zero scale below still removes the routed-expert contribution.
+    expert_indices[normal_expert_mask] = 0
     expert_scales[normal_expert_mask] = 0.0
 
     output = torch.zeros_like(hidden_states).to(hidden_states.device)
diff --git a/test/registered/moe/test_zero_experts.py b/test/registered/moe/test_zero_experts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b487bb021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/moe/test_zero_experts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import unittest
+
+import torch
+
+from sglang.srt.layers.moe.ep_moe.kernels import zero_experts_compute_triton
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cuda_ci
+from sglang.test.test_utils import CustomTestCase
+
+register_cuda_ci(est_time=5, stage="base-b", runner_config="1-gpu-small")
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(not torch.cuda.is_available(), "CUDA is required")
+class TestZeroExpertsComputeTriton(CustomTestCase):
+    def test_zero_expert_routes_keep_valid_ids(self):
+        num_experts = 4
+        hidden_states = torch.arange(
+            2 * 512, dtype=torch.float32, device="cuda"
+        ).reshape(2, 512)
+        expert_indices = torch.tensor(
+            [[0, 4, 1], [5, 2, 6]], dtype=torch.int64, device="cuda"
+        )
+        expert_scales = torch.tensor(
+            [[0.1, 0.3, 0.2], [0.4, 0.5, 0.6]],
+            dtype=torch.float32,
+            device="cuda",
+        )
+        original_indices = expert_indices.clone()
+        original_scales = expert_scales.clone()
+
+        output = zero_experts_compute_triton(
+            expert_indices=expert_indices,
+            expert_scales=expert_scales,
+            num_experts=num_experts,
+            zero_expert_type="identity",
+            hidden_states=hidden_states,
+        )
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
+
+        zero_expert_mask = original_indices >= num_experts
+        normal_expert_mask = ~zero_expert_mask
+        self.assertTrue(torch.all(expert_indices >= 0).item())
+        torch.testing.assert_close(
+            expert_indices[normal_expert_mask],
+            original_indices[normal_expert_mask],
+        )
+        torch.testing.assert_close(
+            expert_indices[zero_expert_mask],
+            torch.zeros_like(expert_indices[zero_expert_mask]),
+        )
+        torch.testing.assert_close(
+            expert_scales[normal_expert_mask],
+            original_scales[normal_expert_mask],
+        )
+        torch.testing.assert_close(
+            expert_scales[zero_expert_mask],
+            torch.zeros_like(expert_scales[zero_expert_mask]),
+        )
+
+        expected_scale = (
+            original_scales * zero_expert_mask.to(original_scales.dtype)
+        ).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
+        torch.testing.assert_close(output, hidden_states * expected_scale)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()