diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
index 155e244f2..f1310cc95 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
@@ -971,6 +971,13 @@ class ServerArgs:
                 logger.warning(
                     "Use trtllm_mha as attention backend on sm100 for Llama4 model"
                 )
+            if is_sm100_supported() and self.attention_backend == "trtllm_mha":
+                # TODO(brayden): remove this once TRTLLM MHA kernel for FP8 w/ tileSizeKv=128 is available.
+                # This is a Llama 4 specific issue only.
+                self.kv_cache_dtype = "bfloat16"
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Setting kv_cache_dtype to bfloat16 for Llama4 with trtllm_mha backend, due to a missing FlashInfer TRTLLM MHA kernel for FP8 KV Cache"
+                )
             if is_sm100_supported() and self.moe_runner_backend == "auto":
                 if self.quantization in {"fp8", "modelopt_fp8"}:
                     self.moe_runner_backend = "flashinfer_trtllm"