diff --git a/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_jax.py b/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_jax.py
index c6030fe1b..47a6984c8 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_jax.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_jax.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import os
+import torch
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast
 
 import jax.numpy as jnp
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-_DTYPE: dict[str, jnp.dtype] = {
+_DTYPE: dict[str | torch.dtype, jnp.dtype] = {
+    torch.bfloat16: jnp.bfloat16,
     "bfloat16": jnp.bfloat16,
     "float": jnp.float32,
     "float32": jnp.float32,
+    torch.float32: jnp.float32,
 }
 
 
@@ -146,14 +149,8 @@ def check_and_update_config(cls, vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> None:
         # For mm model preprocessors, it may need the output dtype to be torch.
         # In order to avoid a PR to vLLM, we postpone the dtype checking during tpu_worker initialization
         if not vllm_config.scheduler_config.is_multimodal_model or impl == "vllm":
-            if not isinstance(vllm_config.model_config.dtype, str):
-                logger.warning(
-                    "The model dtype is not properly set for JAX backend. "
-                    "Overwriting it to jnp.bfloat16")
-                vllm_config.model_config.dtype = jnp.bfloat16
-            else:
-                vllm_config.model_config.dtype = _DTYPE.get(
-                    vllm_config.model_config.dtype, jnp.bfloat16)
+            vllm_config.model_config.dtype = _DTYPE.get(
+                vllm_config.model_config.dtype, jnp.bfloat16)
 
         if impl == "vllm":
             vllm_config.model_config.dtype = j2t_dtype(
diff --git a/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker_jax.py b/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker_jax.py
index a7d2ddda5..defa6d841 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker_jax.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker_jax.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 import os
 import tempfile
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 import jaxlib
 import jaxtyping
+import torch
 import vllm.envs as envs
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig, set_current_vllm_config
 from vllm.distributed.kv_transfer import (ensure_kv_transfer_initialized,
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-_DTYPE: dict[str, jnp.dtype] = {
+_DTYPE: dict[str | torch.dtype, jnp.dtype] = {
     "bfloat16": jnp.bfloat16,
+    torch.bfloat16: jnp.bfloat16,
     "float": jnp.float32,
     "float32": jnp.float32,
+    torch.float32: jnp.float32,
 }
 
 
@@ -61,14 +63,10 @@ def __init__(self,
         # with torch version of the dtype.
         impl = os.getenv("MODEL_IMPL_TYPE", "flax_nnx").lower()
         if impl != "vllm":  # vllm-pytorch implementation does not need this conversion
-
             # NOTE(wenlong): because sometimes mm needs to use torch for preprocessing
-            if not isinstance(vllm_config.model_config.dtype, str):
-                logger.warning(
-                    "The model dtype is not properly set for JAX backend. "
-                    "Overwriting it to jnp.bfloat16")
-                vllm_config.model_config.dtype = jnp.bfloat16
-            else:
+            # dtype can be converted to jnp.dtype in tpu_jax.py
+            if not jax.dtypes.issubdtype(vllm_config.model_config.dtype,
+                                         jnp.generic):
                 vllm_config.model_config.dtype = _DTYPE.get(
                     vllm_config.model_config.dtype, jnp.bfloat16)