diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
index 3aefcae35..8eeec5ea3 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
@@ -690,9 +690,6 @@ class ServerArgs:
         # Apply model-specific adjustments.
         self._handle_model_specific_adjustments()
 
-        # Handle Hicache settings.
-        self._handle_hicache()
-
         # Set kernel backends.
         self._handle_sampling_backend()
         self._handle_attention_backend_compatibility()
@@ -701,6 +698,9 @@ class ServerArgs:
         self._handle_amd_specifics()
         self._handle_grammar_backend()
 
+        # Handle Hicache settings.
+        self._handle_hicache()
+
         # Handle data parallelism.
         self._handle_data_parallelism()
 
@@ -1993,23 +1993,14 @@ class ServerArgs:
             )
 
     def _handle_hicache(self):
-        if self.hicache_storage_backend == "mooncake":
-            if self.hicache_mem_layout == "layer_first":
-                if self.hicache_io_backend == "direct":
-                    self.hicache_mem_layout = "page_first_direct"
-                elif self.hicache_io_backend == "kernel":
-                    self.hicache_mem_layout = "page_first"
-                logger.warning(
-                    f"Mooncake storage backend does not support layer_first layout, "
-                    f"switching to {self.hicache_mem_layout} layout for {self.hicache_io_backend} io backend"
-                )
-
-        if self.hicache_mem_layout == "page_first_direct":
-            if self.hicache_io_backend not in ["direct", "kernel_ascend"]:
-                self.hicache_io_backend = "direct"
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Page first direct layout only support direct io backend"
-                )
+        if (
+            self.hicache_mem_layout == "page_first_direct"
+            and self.hicache_io_backend is "kernel"
+        ):
+            self.hicache_io_backend = "direct"
+            logger.warning(
+                "Kernel io backend does not support page first direct layout"
+            )
 
         if (
             self.enable_hierarchical_cache
@@ -2042,6 +2033,17 @@ class ServerArgs:
                         "Setting hicache_io_backend to vanilla I/O, which may lead to suboptimal performance with small page sizes."
                     )
 
+        if self.hicache_storage_backend == "mooncake":
+            if self.hicache_mem_layout == "layer_first":
+                if self.hicache_io_backend == "direct":
+                    self.hicache_mem_layout = "page_first_direct"
+                elif self.hicache_io_backend == "kernel":
+                    self.hicache_mem_layout = "page_first"
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Mooncake storage backend does not support layer_first layout, "
+                    f"switching to {self.hicache_mem_layout} layout for {self.hicache_io_backend} io backend"
+                )
+
     def _handle_speculative_decoding(self):
         if (
             self.speculative_draft_model_path is not None