diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index c0bd4b14ff8..b78570e54fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ def test_v2_model_runner_env_tri_state(monkeypatch, env_value, expected):
             ),
             True,
         ),
+        (
+            SimpleNamespace(
+                model="meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
+                architectures=["LlamaForCausalLM"],
+                runner_type="generate",
+                is_moe=False,
+                is_quantized=False,
+            ),
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            SimpleNamespace(
+                model="mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1",
+                architectures=["MistralForCausalLM"],
+                runner_type="generate",
+                is_moe=False,
+                is_quantized=False,
+            ),
+            True,
+        ),
         (
             SimpleNamespace(
                 model="facebook/opt-125m",
diff --git a/tests/v1/engine/test_abort_final_step.py b/tests/v1/engine/test_abort_final_step.py
index 8f1e8029955..d8d5b73d45b 100644
--- a/tests/v1/engine/test_abort_final_step.py
+++ b/tests/v1/engine/test_abort_final_step.py
@@ -184,14 +184,31 @@ async def test_abort_during_final_step(async_scheduling: bool):
         original_execute_model = Worker.execute_model
 
         def execute_model_with_wait(self, scheduler_output):
-            # Signal that execute_model has been called by deleting ready_file
-            if ready_file.exists():
-                ready_file.unlink()
+            # V2's `gpu_worker.compile_or_warm_up_model` calls
+            # `warmup_kernels(...)` during engine init, which itself calls
+            # `Worker.execute_model` three times (prefill / decode / cleanup)
+            # to JIT compile triton kernels. None of those carry the test's
+            # request id, so we only stall when our actual request is being
+            # processed.
+            scheduled = scheduler_output.num_scheduled_tokens or {}
+            finished = scheduler_output.finished_req_ids or set()
 
-            # Wait for the block file to be deleted (triggered from test after abort)
-            # This runs in the worker process (after fork), so we poll the filesystem
-            while block_file.exists():
-                time.sleep(0.01)
+            def is_target_request(req_ids):
+                return any(
+                    rid == request_id or rid.startswith(f"{request_id}-")
+                    for rid in req_ids
+                )
+
+            if is_target_request(scheduled) or is_target_request(finished):
+                # Signal that execute_model has been called by deleting ready_file
+                if ready_file.exists():
+                    ready_file.unlink()
+
+                # Wait for the block file to be deleted (triggered from test after
+                # abort). This runs in the worker process (after fork), so we poll
+                # the filesystem.
+                while block_file.exists():
+                    time.sleep(0.01)
             return original_execute_model(self, scheduler_output)
 
         # Patch execute_model to inject the wait
diff --git a/tests/v1/shutdown/test_forward_error.py b/tests/v1/shutdown/test_forward_error.py
index eadb1abb6d5..8bc09a64cac 100644
--- a/tests/v1/shutdown/test_forward_error.py
+++ b/tests/v1/shutdown/test_forward_error.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def evil_forward(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise Exception("Simulated illegal memory access on Rank 0!")
     self.num_calls += 1
 
+    kwargs.setdefault("intermediate_tensors", None)  # required for MRV2
     return self.model(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/vllm/config/vllm.py b/vllm/config/vllm.py
index db139b6532a..b772a25028f 100644
--- a/vllm/config/vllm.py
+++ b/vllm/config/vllm.py
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ else:
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-DEFAULT_V2_MODEL_RUNNER_ARCHITECTURES = frozenset({"Qwen3ForCausalLM"})
+DEFAULT_V2_MODEL_RUNNER_ARCHITECTURES = frozenset(
+    {
+        "LlamaForCausalLM",
+        "MistralForCausalLM",
+        "Qwen3ForCausalLM",
+    }
+)
 
 
 class OptimizationLevel(IntEnum):
diff --git a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_runner.py b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_runner.py
index 0f96e5c2d1d..532b3c6c0b8 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_runner.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_runner.py
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ class GPUModelRunner(LoRAModelRunnerMixin):
         self.reset_encoder_cache()
         self.reset_mm_cache()
 
+    def apply_sparse_weight_patches(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        # TODO: Use full version instead of import when fully migrated to v2
+        from vllm.v1.worker.gpu_model_runner import GPUModelRunner as GPUModelRunnerV1
+
+        GPUModelRunnerV1.apply_sparse_weight_patches(self, *args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
     def update_config(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         # TODO(Wentao): Use full version instead of import when fully migrated to v2
         from vllm.v1.worker.gpu_model_runner import GPUModelRunner as GPUModelRunnerV1