diff --git a/common/speculative.cpp b/common/speculative.cpp
index 5653a90b88..4d1f6c25ca 100644
--- a/common/speculative.cpp
+++ b/common/speculative.cpp
@@ -1032,7 +1032,13 @@ struct common_speculative_impl_draft_dflash : public common_speculative_impl {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (batch_in.token == nullptr || batch_in.embd != nullptr) {
+        // Target prefill may contain token IDs or multimodal embeddings. Both
+        // produce the target-layer features used to seed the draft KV cache, so
+        // skipping the embedding batches leaves a hole in the draft's cache and
+        // the next injection fails to initialize.
+        const bool has_tokens     = batch_in.token != nullptr;
+        const bool has_embeddings = batch_in.embd  != nullptr;
+        if (has_tokens == has_embeddings) {
             return true;
         }