diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
index 5edf027df..c339de20f 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
@@ -834,8 +834,16 @@ class PrefillAdder:
         # Iterate running requests to find preemptible requests
         priority_sign = 1 if server_args.schedule_low_priority_values_first else -1
 
+        # NOTE: A request finishes in two phases:
+        #   1) check_finished + release_kv_cache  (in process_batch_result)
+        #   2) filter out of batch                (in get_next_batch_to_run / update_running_batch)
+        # Preemption runs between these two phases (inside get_new_batch_prefill),
+        # so running_batch may still contain requests whose KV cache is already freed.
+        # We must skip them here to avoid a double-free on release_req.
         valid_running_reqs = (
-            r for r in self.running_batch.reqs if r not in self.preempt_list
+            r
+            for r in self.running_batch.reqs
+            if r not in self.preempt_list and not r.finished()
         )
 
         sorted_valid_running_reqs = sorted(
diff --git a/test/registered/scheduler/test_prefill_adder.py b/test/registered/scheduler/test_prefill_adder.py
index f11b0b16f..adc66e330 100644
--- a/test/registered/scheduler/test_prefill_adder.py
+++ b/test/registered/scheduler/test_prefill_adder.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class TestPrefillAdder(CustomTestCase):
         req.output_ids = [0] * output_len
         req.sampling_params = SimpleNamespace(max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens)
         req.time_stats = SimpleNamespace(wait_queue_entry_time=wait_time)
+        req.finished.return_value = False
         return req
 
     def create_adder(self, running_batch):