diff --git a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
index d68970e1da24c..2bf0ce83c7607 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ def _handle_process_request(self, request: RPCProcessRequest):
                 params=request.params,
                 lora_request=request.lora_request,
                 trace_headers=request.trace_headers,
-                prompt_adapter_request=request.prompt_adapter_request)
+                prompt_adapter_request=request.prompt_adapter_request,
+                priority=request.priority)
 
             if self.log_requests:
                 logger.info("Added request %s.", request.request_id)