diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
index 630de816dc22..8e1dbd9e2cea 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma3_mm.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def _find_mm_placeholders(
 
         def get_repl_toks(tok: int) -> list[int]:
             if tok == newline_3:
-                return [newline_2, newline_1]
+                return [newline_1, newline_2]
             if tok == newline_4:
                 return [newline_2, newline_2]