diff --git a/tests/e2e/nightly/models/test_deepseek_r1_0528_w8a8.py b/tests/e2e/nightly/models/test_deepseek_r1_0528_w8a8.py
index 38f54a04..c9126577 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/nightly/models/test_deepseek_r1_0528_w8a8.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/nightly/models/test_deepseek_r1_0528_w8a8.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ MODES = [
     "torchair",
     "single",
     "aclgraph",
+    "aclgraph_mlapo",
     "no_chunkprefill",
 ]
 
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ async def test_models(model: str, mode: str) -> None:
         additional_config["torchair_graph_config"] = {"enabled": False}
     if mode == "aclgraph":
         additional_config["torchair_graph_config"] = {"enabled": False}
+    if mode == "aclgraph_mlapo":
+        env_dict["VLLM_ASCEND_ENABLE_MLAPO"] = "1"
+        additional_config["torchair_graph_config"] = {"enabled": False}
     if mode == "no_chunkprefill":
         additional_config["ascend_scheduler_config"] = {"enabled": True}
         i = server_args.index("--max-num-batched-tokens") + 1