diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/mm_utils.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/mm_utils.py
index 1810d9cd0..a3d18e063 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/mm_utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/mm_utils.py
@@ -899,18 +899,18 @@ def embed_mm_inputs(
         other_info["input_deepstack_embeds"] = input_deepstack_embeds
 
     # 4. scatter embeddings into input embedding
+    # masked_scatter_ avoids the cudaStreamSynchronize that torch.where triggers.
+    def _scatter(dest, mask, src):
+        dest.masked_scatter_(mask.expand_as(dest), src.to(dest.device, dest.dtype))
+
     for i, modality, embedding, mask in zip(
         range(len(embeddings)), modalities, embeddings, masks
     ):
         if embedding is None or mask is None:
             continue
-        # in-place update
-        indices = torch.where(mask.squeeze(dim=-1))[0]
-        input_embeds[indices] = embedding.to(input_embeds.device, input_embeds.dtype)
+        _scatter(input_embeds, mask, embedding)
         if use_deepstack.get(modality, None):
-            input_deepstack_embeds[indices] = deepstack_embeddings[i].to(
-                input_embeds.device, input_embeds.dtype
-            )
+            _scatter(input_deepstack_embeds, mask, deepstack_embeddings[i])
 
     return input_embeds, other_info
 
@@ -1243,7 +1243,9 @@ def tensor_hash(tensor_list) -> int:
 
 def hash_feature(f):
     if isinstance(f, list):
-        if isinstance(f[0], torch.Tensor):
+        if len(f) > 0 and isinstance(f[0], ShmPointerMMData):
+            return tensor_hash([x.tensor for x in f])
+        if len(f) > 0 and isinstance(f[0], torch.Tensor):
             return tensor_hash(f)
         return data_hash(tuple(flatten_nested_list(f)))
     elif isinstance(f, np.ndarray):
@@ -1257,6 +1259,10 @@ def hash_feature(f):
     elif isinstance(f, CudaIpcTensorTransportProxy):
         reconstruct_t = f.reconstruct_on_target_device(torch.cuda.current_device())
         return tensor_hash([reconstruct_t])
+    elif isinstance(f, ShmPointerMMData):
+        if f.precomputed_hash is not None:
+            return f.precomputed_hash
+        return tensor_hash([f.tensor])
     return data_hash(f)
 
 
@@ -1555,13 +1561,14 @@ class ShmPointerMMData:
     This acts as a "pointer" to the tensor data across process boundaries.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, tensor: torch.Tensor):
+    def __init__(self, tensor: torch.Tensor, precomputed_hash: Optional[int] = None):
         if not tensor.is_cpu:
             tensor = tensor.cpu()
         if not tensor.is_contiguous():
             tensor = tensor.contiguous()
         self.shape = tensor.shape
         self.dtype = tensor.dtype
+        self.precomputed_hash = precomputed_hash
         nbytes = tensor.numel() * tensor.element_size()
         shm = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True, size=nbytes)
         try:
@@ -1580,12 +1587,14 @@ class ShmPointerMMData:
             "shm_name": self.shm_name,
             "shape": self.shape,
             "dtype": self.dtype,
+            "precomputed_hash": self.precomputed_hash,
         }
 
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         self.shm_name = state["shm_name"]
         self.shape = state["shape"]
         self.dtype = state["dtype"]
+        self.precomputed_hash = state.get("precomputed_hash")
         self._shm_handle = shared_memory.SharedMemory(name=self.shm_name)
         # Zero-copy view into shared memory (no clone, no unlink)
         self.tensor = torch.frombuffer(self._shm_handle.buf, dtype=self.dtype).reshape(
@@ -1624,10 +1633,15 @@ def _get_is_default_transport():
     return _is_default_tensor_transport
 
 
-def _wrap_tensor_or_list(value):
-    """Wrap a CPU tensor (or list of CPU tensors) in ShmPointerMMData."""
+def _wrap_tensor_or_list(value, precomputed_hash: Optional[int] = None):
+    """Wrap a CPU tensor (or list of CPU tensors) in ShmPointerMMData.
+
+    ``precomputed_hash`` is only forwarded for the single-tensor case.
+    For list features the item-level hash covers all elements jointly,
+    so per-element hashes are not applicable.
+    """
     if isinstance(value, torch.Tensor) and value.is_cpu:
-        return ShmPointerMMData(value)
+        return ShmPointerMMData(value, precomputed_hash=precomputed_hash)
     elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
         wrapped = [
             (ShmPointerMMData(t) if isinstance(t, torch.Tensor) and t.is_cpu else t)
@@ -1646,14 +1660,17 @@ def wrap_shm_features(obj):
 
     if hasattr(obj, "mm_inputs") and obj.mm_inputs:
         for item in obj.mm_inputs.mm_items:
+            item_hash = getattr(item, "hash", None)
             if hasattr(item, "feature") and item.feature is not None:
-                item.feature = _wrap_tensor_or_list(item.feature)
+                item.feature = _wrap_tensor_or_list(
+                    item.feature, precomputed_hash=item_hash
+                )
             if (
                 hasattr(item, "precomputed_embeddings")
                 and item.precomputed_embeddings is not None
             ):
                 item.precomputed_embeddings = _wrap_tensor_or_list(
-                    item.precomputed_embeddings
+                    item.precomputed_embeddings, precomputed_hash=item_hash
                 )
     return obj
 
diff --git a/test/registered/vlm/test_vision_openai_server_a.py b/test/registered/vlm/test_vision_openai_server_a.py
index 68b1c79f2..95814220e 100644
--- a/test/registered/vlm/test_vision_openai_server_a.py
+++ b/test/registered/vlm/test_vision_openai_server_a.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class TestKimiVLServer(ImageOpenAITestMixin):
     extra_args = [
         "--context-length=8192",
         "--dtype=bfloat16",
+        "--mem-fraction-static=0.40",
     ]
 
     def test_video_images_chat_completion(self):