diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py b/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
index ee5f2c7ca..4db273781 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/eplb/expert_location.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ class ExpertLocationMetadata:
             logical_to_all_physical_map_num_valid=logical_to_all_physical_map_num_valid,
             logical_to_rank_dispatch_physical_map=(
                 compute_logical_to_rank_dispatch_physical_map(
+                    server_args=server_args,
                     logical_to_all_physical_map=logical_to_all_physical_map,
                     num_gpus=ep_size,
                     num_physical_experts=num_physical_experts,
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ def _pad_nested_array(arr, pad_value):
 
 # TODO optimize performance (rewrite and/or run in separate process with overlap)
 def compute_logical_to_rank_dispatch_physical_map(
+    server_args: ServerArgs,
     logical_to_all_physical_map: torch.Tensor,
     num_gpus: int,
     num_physical_experts: int,
@@ -348,7 +350,9 @@ def compute_logical_to_rank_dispatch_physical_map(
 ):
     r = random.Random(seed)
 
-    num_local_physical_experts = num_physical_experts // num_gpus
+    num_local_gpu_physical_experts = num_physical_experts // num_gpus
+    num_gpus_per_node = server_args.ep_size // server_args.nnodes
+    num_local_node_physical_experts = num_local_gpu_physical_experts * num_gpus_per_node
     num_layers, num_logical_experts, _ = logical_to_all_physical_map.shape
     dtype = logical_to_all_physical_map.dtype
 
@@ -372,13 +376,28 @@ def compute_logical_to_rank_dispatch_physical_map(
                     physical_expert_id
                     for physical_expert_id in candidate_physical_expert_ids
                     if _compute_gpu_id_of_physical_expert(
-                        physical_expert_id, num_local_physical_experts
+                        physical_expert_id, num_local_gpu_physical_experts
                     )
                     == gpu_id
                 ]
                 if len(same_gpu_physical_expert_ids) > 0:
+                    # 1. Prefer same-GPU experts
                     output_partial[gpu_id] = same_gpu_physical_expert_ids[0]
+                else:
+                    # 2. Otherwise, prefer same-node experts
+                    node_id = gpu_id // num_gpus_per_node
+                    same_node_physical_expert_ids = [
+                        physical_expert_id
+                        for physical_expert_id in candidate_physical_expert_ids
+                        if _compute_node_id_of_physical_expert(
+                            physical_expert_id, num_local_node_physical_experts
+                        )
+                        == node_id
+                    ]
+                    if len(same_node_physical_expert_ids) > 0:
+                        output_partial[gpu_id] = same_node_physical_expert_ids[0]
 
+            # 3. Fill remaining slots with fair random choices
             num_remain = torch.sum(output_partial == -1).item()
             output_partial[output_partial == -1] = torch.tensor(
                 _fair_choices(candidate_physical_expert_ids, k=num_remain, r=r),
@@ -404,9 +423,15 @@ def _logical_to_all_physical_raw(
 
 
 def _compute_gpu_id_of_physical_expert(
-    physical_expert_id: int, num_local_physical_experts: int
+    physical_expert_id: int, num_local_gpu_physical_experts: int
 ) -> int:
-    return physical_expert_id // num_local_physical_experts
+    return physical_expert_id // num_local_gpu_physical_experts
+
+
+def _compute_node_id_of_physical_expert(
+    physical_expert_id: int, num_local_host_physical_experts: int
+) -> int:
+    return physical_expert_id // num_local_host_physical_experts
 
 
 def _fair_choices(arr: List, k: int, r: random.Random) -> List: