diff --git a/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_qwen3_235b.py b/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_qwen3_235b.py
index 25cc4173b..c0e5058c9 100644
--- a/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_qwen3_235b.py
+++ b/test/registered/8-gpu-models/test_qwen3_235b.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ class TestQwen3235BFP8(unittest.TestCase):
         """Run performance and accuracy for Qwen3-235B-FP8."""
         base_args = [
             "--tp=8",
+            "--ep=2",
             "--trust-remote-code",
         ]
         eagle3_args = [
-            "--ep=2",
             "--speculative-algorithm=EAGLE3",
             f"--speculative-draft-model-path={QWEN3_235B_EAGLE3_MODEL_PATH}",
             "--speculative-num-steps=3",