diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
index d49eb752d56a..3a25827cec38 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def __init__(
             logger.info("Batch queue is enabled with size %d", self.batch_queue_size)
             self.batch_queue = deque(maxlen=self.batch_queue_size)
 
-        self.ec_producer = (
+        self.is_ec_producer = (
             vllm_config.ec_transfer_config is not None
             and vllm_config.ec_transfer_config.is_ec_producer
         )
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def step_with_batch_queue(
             exec_future = self.model_executor.execute_model(
                 scheduler_output, non_block=True
             )
-            if not self.ec_producer:
+            if not self.is_ec_producer:
                 model_executed = scheduler_output.total_num_scheduled_tokens > 0
 
             if self.is_pooling_model or not model_executed: