diff --git a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
index 4651cedbc7df..8a70ee6fca30 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     ),
     "tpu": ("cpu",),
     "xpu": ("cpu",),
+    "cpu": ("cpu",),
 }
 # support for oot platform by providing mapping in current_platform
 _NIXL_SUPPORTED_DEVICE.update(current_platform.get_nixl_supported_devices())