diff --git a/vllm/multimodal/processing.py b/vllm/multimodal/processing.py
index 389b831841997..f56b4e8bc2114 100644
--- a/vllm/multimodal/processing.py
+++ b/vllm/multimodal/processing.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def apply(
                             if placeholders is not None:
                                 modality_placeholders.append(placeholders)
 
-            mm_placeholders[modality] = modality_placeholders  # type: ignore[index]  # yapf: disable
+            mm_placeholders[modality] = modality_placeholders
 
         return MultiModalInputsV2(
             type="multimodal",