diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/grpc/grpc_request_manager.py b/python/sglang/srt/grpc/grpc_request_manager.py
index cc1e9f64a..89f32b3a1 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/grpc/grpc_request_manager.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/grpc/grpc_request_manager.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import copy
 import dataclasses
 import logging
 import os
+import pickle
 import signal
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -800,7 +801,9 @@ class GrpcRequestManager:
     async def _send_to_scheduler(self, obj):
         """Send an object to the scheduler via ZMQ."""
         try:
-            self.send_to_scheduler.send_pyobj(obj)
+            self.send_to_scheduler.send_multipart(
+                [b"NORM", pickle.dumps(obj)], copy=False
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Failed to send to scheduler: {e}")
             raise