diff --git a/vllm/inputs/registry.py b/vllm/inputs/registry.py
index 691fcd7dc53f..babfc4fb809c 100644
--- a/vllm/inputs/registry.py
+++ b/vllm/inputs/registry.py
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ def dummy_data_for_profiling(
 
         if mm_registry.has_processor(model_config):
             tokenizer = cached_tokenizer_from_config(model_config)
-            processor = mm_registry.create_processor(model_config, tokenizer)
+            processor = mm_registry.create_processor(model_config,
+                                                     tokenizer,
+                                                     disable_cache=True)
             profiler = MultiModalProfiler(processor)
             dummy_data = profiler.get_dummy_data(
                 seq_len, is_encoder_data=is_encoder_data)
diff --git a/vllm/multimodal/registry.py b/vllm/multimodal/registry.py
index 1882ffe9bf69..a9eb250cb877 100644
--- a/vllm/multimodal/registry.py
+++ b/vllm/multimodal/registry.py
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ def get_max_tokens_per_item_by_modality(
         """
         if self.has_processor(model_config):
             tokenizer = cached_tokenizer_from_config(model_config)
-            processor = self.create_processor(model_config, tokenizer)
+            processor = self.create_processor(model_config,
+                                              tokenizer,
+                                              disable_cache=True)
             seq_len = model_config.max_model_len
             mm_limits = self.get_mm_limits_per_prompt(model_config)
             return processor.info.get_mm_max_tokens_per_item(
@@ -372,7 +374,9 @@ def get_mm_limits_per_prompt(
         """
         if self.has_processor(model_config):
             tokenizer = cached_tokenizer_from_config(model_config)
-            processor = self.create_processor(model_config, tokenizer)
+            processor = self.create_processor(model_config,
+                                              tokenizer,
+                                              disable_cache=True)
             profiler = MultiModalProfiler(processor)
             return profiler.get_mm_limits()
 
@@ -433,6 +437,8 @@ def create_processor(
         self,
         model_config: "ModelConfig",
         tokenizer: AnyTokenizer,
+        *,
+        disable_cache: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> BaseMultiModalProcessor[BaseProcessingInfo]:
         """
         Create a multi-modal processor for a specific model and tokenizer.
@@ -440,11 +446,13 @@ def create_processor(
         See also:
             :ref:`mm-processing`
         """
+        if disable_cache is None:
+            disable_cache = model_config.disable_mm_preprocessor_cache
+
         model_cls = self._get_model_cls(model_config)
         factories = self._processor_factories[model_cls]
 
         ctx = InputProcessingContext(model_config, tokenizer)
-        cache = (None if model_config.disable_mm_preprocessor_cache else
-                 self._processing_cache)
+        cache = None if disable_cache else self._processing_cache
 
         return factories.build_processor(ctx, cache=cache)