diff --git a/vllm/envs.py b/vllm/envs.py
index 5518cd9ced9be..b0cb56e58d0da 100644
--- a/vllm/envs.py
+++ b/vllm/envs.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def get_default_config_root():
     "VLLM_XLA_CACHE_PATH":
     lambda: os.path.expanduser(
         os.getenv(
-            "VLLM_ASSETS_CACHE",
+            "VLLM_XLA_CACHE_PATH",
             os.path.join(get_default_cache_root(), "vllm", "xla_cache"),
         )),
     "VLLM_FUSED_MOE_CHUNK_SIZE":