diff --git a/vllm/spec_decode/interfaces.py b/vllm/spec_decode/interfaces.py
index d109d8edc1b0b..818302a68ec9f 100644
--- a/vllm/spec_decode/interfaces.py
+++ b/vllm/spec_decode/interfaces.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class SpeculativeProposals:
     # The valid length of each proposal; can be zero.
     proposal_lens: torch.Tensor
 
+    # A flag to mark that there's no available proposals
+    no_proposals: bool
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return (f"SpeculativeProposals("
                 f"proposal_token_ids={self.proposal_token_ids}, "
diff --git a/vllm/spec_decode/spec_decode_worker.py b/vllm/spec_decode/spec_decode_worker.py
index c7931e5d50197..d9e775c9ddd7f 100644
--- a/vllm/spec_decode/spec_decode_worker.py
+++ b/vllm/spec_decode/spec_decode_worker.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.scorer_worker = scorer_worker
         self.disable_by_batch_size = disable_by_batch_size or float("inf")
         self.spec_decode_sampler = spec_decode_sampler
-        self.allow_no_draft_tokens = allow_zero_draft_token_step
+        self._allow_zero_draft_token_step = allow_zero_draft_token_step
         self._metrics = AsyncMetricsCollector(
             self.spec_decode_sampler
         ) if metrics_collector is None else metrics_collector
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ def _run_speculative_decoding_step(
         proposals = self.proposer_worker.get_spec_proposals(
             execute_model_req, self._seq_with_bonus_token_in_last_step)
 
-        if not self.allow_no_draft_tokens and sum(
-                proposals.proposal_lens) == 0:
+        if not self._allow_zero_draft_token_step and proposals.no_proposals:
             #TODO: Fix it #5814
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot handle cases where distributed draft "
                                "workers generate no tokens")
diff --git a/vllm/spec_decode/top1_proposer.py b/vllm/spec_decode/top1_proposer.py
index 7b34b5d34208b..5628ebabc349e 100644
--- a/vllm/spec_decode/top1_proposer.py
+++ b/vllm/spec_decode/top1_proposer.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def get_spec_proposals(
             proposal_token_ids=proposal_tokens,
             proposal_probs=proposal_probs,
             proposal_lens=proposal_lens,
+            no_proposals=maybe_sampler_output is None
         )
 
         return proposals