diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py b/vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py
index 5ef495c7eed8..1b5c7f96f668 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py
@@ -107,34 +107,20 @@ def cache_full_blocks(
             assert prev_block.block_hash is not None
             prev_block_hash_value = prev_block.block_hash.hash_value
 
-        # Find the first uncached block.
-        # FIXME: num_cached_blocks should be corrected by the caller
-        # so this should never happen.
-        offset = 0
-        for blk in new_full_blocks:
-            if blk.block_hash is None:
-                break
-            else:
-                prev_block_hash_value = blk.block_hash.hash_value
-                offset += 1
-        else:
-            # All blocks are cached.
-            return
-
-        for i, blk in enumerate(new_full_blocks[offset:]):
-            blk_idx = num_cached_blocks + offset + i
+        for i, blk in enumerate(new_full_blocks):
             assert blk.block_hash is None
 
-            if i + offset < len(new_block_hashes):
+            if i < len(new_block_hashes):
                 # The block hash may already be computed in
                 # "get_computed_blocks" if the tokens are not generated by
                 # this request (either the prompt tokens or the previously
                 # generated tokens with preemption). In this case we simply
                 # reuse the block hash.
-                block_hash = new_block_hashes[i + offset]
+                block_hash = new_block_hashes[i]
             else:
                 # Otherwise compute the block hash and cache it in the request
                 # in case it will be preempted in the future.
+                blk_idx = num_cached_blocks + i
                 start_token_idx = blk_idx * block_size
                 end_token_idx = (blk_idx + 1) * block_size
                 block_tokens = request.all_token_ids[
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_manager.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_manager.py
index fc7bfa0eff57..030574de2bde 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_manager.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_manager.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def __init__(
         # This is used to track the number of cached blocks for each request.
         # This is only used to track the RUNNING requests, we do not track the
         # data for reempted ones.
-        self.num_cached_block: Dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
+        self.num_cached_block: Dict[str, int] = {}
         self.prefix_cache_stats = PrefixCacheStats()
 
     @property
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ def allocate_slots(
         if not self.enable_caching:
             return new_blocks
 
-        # FIXME: `num_cached_blocks` is not correct when the prefix cache
-        # of a new request is hit.
-        num_cached_blocks = self.num_cached_block[request.request_id]
+        # Use `new_computed_blocks` for a new request, and `num_cached_block`
+        # for a running request.
+        num_cached_blocks = self.num_cached_block.get(request.request_id,
+                                                      len(new_computed_blocks))
         # Speculated tokens might be rejected in the future, so we does
         # not cache any speculated tokens. We only cache blocks with
         # generated (accepted) tokens.