diff --git a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
index ab7aa02823ab..347f98c772ff 100644
--- a/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -900,3 +900,19 @@ def test_get_kv_cache_config():
     with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
         get_kv_cache_config(vllm_config, kv_cache_specs_hybrid,
                             mem_per_block_per_layer * 2 * 32)
+
+    # Test num_gpu_blocks_override
+    vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks_override = 16
+    kv_cache_config_override_blocks = get_kv_cache_config(
+        vllm_config, kv_cache_specs_full, mem_per_block_per_layer * 2 * 32)
+    assert kv_cache_config_override_blocks == KVCacheConfig(
+        num_blocks=16,
+        kv_cache_tensors=[
+            KVCacheTensor(size=mem_per_block_per_layer * 16,
+                          shared_by=["layer_1"]),
+            KVCacheTensor(size=mem_per_block_per_layer * 16,
+                          shared_by=["layer_2"]),
+        ],
+        kv_cache_groups=[
+            KVCacheGroupSpec(["layer_1", "layer_2"], new_kv_cache_spec())
+        ])
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diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
index 6d4bcfe64a35..9489bcf433fd 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ def get_num_blocks(vllm_config: VllmConfig, num_layers: int,
         logger.info(
             "Overriding num_gpu_blocks=%d with "
             "num_gpu_blocks_override=%d", num_blocks, num_gpu_blocks_override)
+        num_blocks = num_gpu_blocks_override
     return num_blocks