diff --git a/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/managers/scheduler.py b/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/managers/scheduler.py
index 04bee16c6..962840768 100644
--- a/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/managers/scheduler.py
+++ b/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/managers/scheduler.py
@@ -219,13 +219,11 @@ class Scheduler:
             return recv_reqs
 
         # handle server req-based warmup by inserting an identical req to the beginning of the waiting queue
-        # only the very first req through server's lifetime will be warmup
+        # only the very first req through server's lifetime will be warmed up
         identity, req = recv_reqs[0]
         if isinstance(req, Req):
             warmup_req = deepcopy(req)
-            warmup_req.is_warmup = True
-            warmup_req.extra["cache_dit_num_inference_steps"] = req.num_inference_steps
-            warmup_req.num_inference_steps = 1
+            warmup_req.set_as_warmup()
             recv_reqs.insert(0, (identity, warmup_req))
             self._warmup_total = 1
             self._warmup_processed = 1
diff --git a/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/pipelines_core/schedule_batch.py b/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/pipelines_core/schedule_batch.py
index a8a6dd0fe..7c95bc8b1 100644
--- a/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/pipelines_core/schedule_batch.py
+++ b/python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/pipelines_core/schedule_batch.py
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class Req:
         for name, value in kwargs.items():
             setattr(self, name, value)
 
-        if hasattr(self, "__post_init__"):
-            self.__post_init__()
+        self.validate()
 
     def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> Any:
         """
@@ -231,7 +230,12 @@ class Req:
             else None
         )
 
-    def __post_init__(self):
+    def set_as_warmup(self):
+        self.is_warmup = True
+        self.extra["cache_dit_num_inference_steps"] = self.num_inference_steps
+        self.num_inference_steps = 1
+
+    def validate(self):
         """Initialize dependent fields after dataclass initialization."""
         # Set do_classifier_free_guidance based on guidance scale and negative prompt
         if self.guidance_scale > 1.0 and self.negative_prompt is not None:
@@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ class Req:
         self.timings = RequestTimings(request_id=self.request_id)
 
         if self.is_warmup:
-            self.num_inference_steps = 1
+            self.set_as_warmup()
 
     def adjust_size(self, server_args: ServerArgs):
         pass