diff --git a/python/freetoken/kernel/triton/fp8_blockscale_moe.py b/python/freetoken/kernel/triton/fp8_blockscale_moe.py
index 1db54a807..1aa3f471d 100644
--- a/python/freetoken/kernel/triton/fp8_blockscale_moe.py
+++ b/python/freetoken/kernel/triton/fp8_blockscale_moe.py
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ def _decode_fp8_moe_kernel(
     sn = offs_n // 128  # weight-scale N-block per output row
 
     slot = tl.load(topk_ids_ptr + token_id * stride_tidm + route_k * stride_tidk).to(tl.int64)
+    c_ptrs = c_ptr + token_id * stride_cm + route_k * stride_ck + offs_n * stride_cn
+    if slot < 0:
+        # Both GEMMs must clear inactive routes before activation/reduction, including graph replay.
+        tl.store(c_ptrs, 0, mask=(route_id < total_routes) & n_mask)
+        return
     a_row = route_id if A_ROW_IS_ROUTE else token_id
     a_base = a_ptr + a_row * stride_am
     w_slot = w_ptr + slot * stride_we
@@ -76,7 +81,6 @@ def _decode_fp8_moe_kernel(
 
     if MUL_ROUTED_WEIGHT:
         acc *= tl.load(topk_weights_ptr + token_id * stride_twm + route_k * stride_twk)
-    c_ptrs = c_ptr + token_id * stride_cm + route_k * stride_ck + offs_n * stride_cn
     tl.store(c_ptrs, acc.to(compute_type), mask=(route_id < total_routes) & n_mask)
 
 
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ def fused_experts_decode_fp8_blockscale(
     topk_weights, topk_ids, activation="silu", act_alpha=1.0, act_limit=float("inf"),
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
     """Decode (bs-1) inline-dequant block-fp8 MoE. ``topk_ids`` index rows of the expert
-    banks (resident: expert id; offload: cache slot)."""
+    banks (resident: expert id; offload: cache slot); negative slots produce zero."""
     from freetoken.kernel import moe_sum_reduce_triton
     from freetoken.layers import gated_act_and_mul
 
diff --git a/python/freetoken/layers/quantization/moe/fp8_block.py b/python/freetoken/layers/quantization/moe/fp8_block.py
index 6cda6b1ec..ab75ff960 100644
--- a/python/freetoken/layers/quantization/moe/fp8_block.py
+++ b/python/freetoken/layers/quantization/moe/fp8_block.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def _pad_scale(rows: int, cols: int) -> int:
 class TritonFp8BlockMoEKernel(MoEKernel):
     name = "triton"
     cpu_format = "fp8_block"
+    supports_inactive_slots = True
 
     def unusable_reason(self, cfg: MoEConfig) -> str | None:
         reason = self._common_reject(cfg, tp_ok=False, cpu_ok=True, plain_silu_only=False)