diff --git a/third_party/vllm/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py b/third_party/vllm/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
index 5350c90..f817deb 100644
--- a/third_party/vllm/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
+++ b/third_party/vllm/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
@@ -2105,9 +2105,12 @@ class Scheduler(SchedulerInterface):
             req = self.requests[req_id]
             if req.status == RequestStatus.WAITING_FOR_REMOTE_KVS:
                 self.finished_recving_kv_req_ids.add(req_id)
-            else:
-                assert RequestStatus.is_finished(req.status)
+            elif RequestStatus.is_finished(req.status):
                 self._free_blocks(self.requests[req_id])
+            else:
+                logger.debug(
+                    "finished_recving for %s in status %s (partial remote prefill?)",
+                    req_id, req.status)
         for req_id in kv_connector_output.finished_sending or ():
             logger.debug("Finished sending KV transfer for request %s", req_id)
             if req_id not in self.requests: