diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py b/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
index e4f5de8d1..04ce28c1d 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ def compute_initial_expert_location_metadata(
 
     # TODO unify with the utils function
     if data.endswith(".pt"):
-        data_dict = torch.load(data, weights_only=True)
+        data_dict = torch.load(data, weights_only=True, map_location="cpu")
     elif data.endswith(".json"):
         data_dict = json.loads(Path(data).read_text())
     else: