diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/io_struct.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/io_struct.py
index b2b63b1fd..a67e2034c 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/io_struct.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/io_struct.py
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ class EmbeddingReqInput:
                 lora_id=self.lora_id[i] if self.lora_id is not None else None,
                 positional_embed_overrides=self._get_positional_embed_overrides_item(i),
                 http_worker_ipc=self.http_worker_ipc,
+                priority=self.priority,
                 return_pooled_hidden_states=self.return_pooled_hidden_states,
                 return_prompt_token_ids=self.return_prompt_token_ids,
                 multi_item_delimiter_indices=(
@@ -1188,6 +1189,7 @@ class EmbeddingReqInput:
                 lora_id=self.lora_id[i] if self.lora_id is not None else None,
                 positional_embed_overrides=self._get_positional_embed_overrides_item(i),
                 http_worker_ipc=self.http_worker_ipc,
+                priority=self.priority,
                 dimensions=self.dimensions,
                 return_pooled_hidden_states=self.return_pooled_hidden_states,
                 return_prompt_token_ids=self.return_prompt_token_ids,
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/managers/test_io_struct.py b/test/registered/unit/managers/test_io_struct.py
index 835c846c5..50d232822 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/managers/test_io_struct.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/managers/test_io_struct.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 import unittest
 
-from sglang.srt.managers.io_struct import GenerateReqInput
+from sglang.srt.managers.io_struct import EmbeddingReqInput, GenerateReqInput
 from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import (
     register_amd_ci,
     register_cpu_ci,
@@ -704,5 +704,25 @@ class TestGenerateReqInputNormalization(CustomTestCase):
             req.normalize_batch_and_arguments()
 
 
+class TestEmbeddingReqInputGetItem(CustomTestCase):
+    """Test EmbeddingReqInput.__getitem__."""
+
+    def test_priority_is_preserved(self):
+        """Priority must survive the batch split, in both __getitem__ branches."""
+        req = EmbeddingReqInput(text=["Hello", "World"], priority=7)
+        req.normalize_batch_and_arguments()
+        self.assertEqual([req[0].priority, req[1].priority], [7, 7])
+
+        cross_encoder_req = EmbeddingReqInput(
+            text=[["query 1", "doc 1"], ["query 2", "doc 2"]],
+            is_cross_encoder_request=True,
+            priority=3,
+        )
+        cross_encoder_req.normalize_batch_and_arguments()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [cross_encoder_req[0].priority, cross_encoder_req[1].priority], [3, 3]
+        )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()