diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_output_processor_mixin.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_output_processor_mixin.py
index 92c6098c1..48128d4fd 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_output_processor_mixin.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_output_processor_mixin.py
@@ -1066,7 +1066,11 @@ class SchedulerOutputProcessorMixin:
         spec_acceptance_histogram = []
         retraction_counts = []
         output_hidden_states = None
-        load = self.get_load()
+        # The load snapshot is only consumed by the DP load-balancer
+        # (tokenizer_manager forwards it iff dp_size > 1). get_load() walks
+        # every queue and builds per-request info objects, so skip it entirely
+        # when nothing will read it.
+        load = self.get_load() if self.server_args.dp_size > 1 else None
         routed_experts = None
         customized_info = {}