diff --git a/src/megatron/bridge/models/conversion/auto_bridge.py b/src/megatron/bridge/models/conversion/auto_bridge.py
index c71af26a5f..1cf21f928c 100644
--- a/src/megatron/bridge/models/conversion/auto_bridge.py
+++ b/src/megatron/bridge/models/conversion/auto_bridge.py
@@ -114,6 +114,75 @@ def _saved_config_disables_mtp(path: str | Path) -> bool:
         return _config_disables_mtp(json.load(f))
 
 
+def _mtp_source_key_prefixes(source: Any, *configs: Any) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    """Source-checkpoint key prefixes for MTP/nextn tensors that must be ignored
+    when exporting a model built without an MTP head.
+
+    Different HF architectures name their Multi-Token-Prediction (nextn) tensors
+    differently:
+
+    * DeepSeek-style: a dedicated ``mtp.*`` prefix.
+    * GLM-4.x ``glm4_moe_lite``: the nextn layer is stored as a regular decoder
+      layer at index ``num_hidden_layers`` (i.e. one past the last real layer),
+      so its tensors live under ``model.layers.{num_hidden_layers}.*``.
+
+    When the megatron model is built without an MTP head the generator never
+    yields these tensors. If they remain in the source sharding map, the shards
+    that co-locate them with real (non-MTP) tensors can never be completed and
+    get dropped wholesale (taking real boundary params with them). Stripping
+    these prefixes from the expected source map lets those shards complete with
+    only their real keys.
+
+    Precondition: only call this when the built model omits MTP (see
+    ``_model_omits_mtp``). The returned prefixes are always stripped, so calling
+    it for an MTP-enabled export would silently drop real nextn tensors.
+
+    Returns the tuple of prefixes that exist in ``source`` and should be ignored.
+    """
+    prefixes: list[str] = []
+
+    if source.has_glob("mtp.*"):
+        prefixes.append("mtp.")
+
+    # GLM nextn layer at index == num_hidden_layers. HF decoder layers are
+    # 0-indexed, so layer ``num_hidden_layers`` is one past the last real layer.
+    # ``configs`` is ordered hf_config-before-model_config so the HF value wins
+    # on conflict (source keys are HF-shaped).
+    num_hidden_layers = _MISSING
+    for config in configs:
+        value = _get_config_field(config, "num_hidden_layers")
+        if value is _MISSING or value is None:
+            text_config = _get_config_field(config, "text_config")
+            if text_config is not _MISSING:
+                value = _get_config_field(text_config, "num_hidden_layers")
+        if value is not _MISSING and value is not None:
+            num_hidden_layers = int(value)
+            break
+
+    if num_hidden_layers is not _MISSING:
+        nextn_prefix = f"model.layers.{num_hidden_layers}."
+        if source.has_glob(f"{nextn_prefix}*"):
+            prefixes.append(nextn_prefix)
+
+    return tuple(prefixes)
+
+
+def _model_omits_mtp(model_config: Any) -> bool:
+    """True when the *built* megatron model has no MTP head.
+
+    Unlike :func:`_config_disables_mtp` (which treats ``None``/unset as
+    "unspecified"), the built model's provider carries an explicit
+    ``mtp_num_layers``; a falsy value (``None`` or ``0``) means no MTP head was
+    instantiated, so the export generator will not yield any MTP/nextn tensors.
+    """
+    if model_config is None:
+        return False
+    value = _get_config_field(model_config, "mtp_num_layers")
+    if value is _MISSING:
+        return False
+    return not value
+
+
 # Preformatted display string for error/help messages
 SUPPORTED_HF_ARCHITECTURES_DISPLAY = " or ".join(f"'{s}'" for s in SUPPORTED_HF_ARCHITECTURES)
 
@@ -1029,10 +1098,14 @@ def _filter_quant(gen):
             source = self.hf_pretrained.state.source
             model_config = getattr(model_instance, "config", None)
             hf_config = getattr(self.hf_pretrained, "config", self.hf_pretrained)
-            mtp_disabled = _saved_config_disables_mtp(path) or any(
-                _config_disables_mtp(config) for config in (hf_config, model_config)
+            mtp_disabled = (
+                _saved_config_disables_mtp(path)
+                or any(_config_disables_mtp(config) for config in (hf_config, model_config))
+                or _model_omits_mtp(model_config)
             )
-            ignored_source_key_prefixes = ("mtp.",) if mtp_disabled and source.has_glob("mtp.*") else None
+            ignored_source_key_prefixes = (
+                _mtp_source_key_prefixes(source, hf_config, model_config) if mtp_disabled else ()
+            ) or None
             source.save_generator(
                 generator,
                 path,
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/models/test_auto_bridge.py b/tests/unit_tests/models/test_auto_bridge.py
index a55ca3db59..9405632812 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/models/test_auto_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/models/test_auto_bridge.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import Mock, PropertyMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -29,10 +30,13 @@
     AutoBridge,
     _config_disables_mtp,
     _drop_readonly_config_properties,
+    _model_omits_mtp,
+    _mtp_source_key_prefixes,
     _saved_config_disables_mtp,
 )
 from megatron.bridge.models.gpt_provider import GPTModelProvider
 from megatron.bridge.models.hf_pretrained.causal_lm import PreTrainedCausalLM
+from megatron.bridge.models.hf_pretrained.state import SafeTensorsStateSource
 
 
 def create_mock_pretrained_causal_lm():
@@ -45,6 +49,26 @@ def __init__(self):
     return MockPreTrainedCausalLM()
 
 
+def _make_fake_source(present):
+    """Build a ``SafeTensorsStateSource`` stand-in for ``save_hf_weights`` tests.
+
+    Uses ``Mock(spec=...)`` so the ``isinstance(source, SafeTensorsStateSource)``
+    gate in ``save_hf_weights`` stays satisfied without bypassing the real
+    ``__init__``. ``has_glob`` reports which source-key globs exist; the captured
+    ``save_generator`` kwargs are exposed on ``source.save_generator_kwargs`` for
+    assertions.
+    """
+    source = Mock(spec=SafeTensorsStateSource)
+    source.save_generator_kwargs = None
+    source.has_glob.side_effect = lambda pattern: pattern in present
+
+    def _capture_save_generator(generator, path, **kwargs):
+        source.save_generator_kwargs = kwargs
+
+    source.save_generator.side_effect = _capture_save_generator
+    return source
+
+
 class TestAutoBridge:
     """Test cases for AutoBridge automatic selection and full bridge functionality."""
 
@@ -180,6 +204,106 @@ def test_mtp_disabled_helpers(self, tmp_path):
 
         assert _saved_config_disables_mtp(tmp_path) is True
 
+    def test_model_omits_mtp(self):
+        """A built model with a falsy mtp_num_layers has no MTP head."""
+        assert _model_omits_mtp(None) is False
+        # Unset attribute -> unknown -> do not assume omitted.
+        assert _model_omits_mtp(SimpleNamespace()) is False
+        # SkyRL forces mtp_num_layers=None -> head omitted from export.
+        assert _model_omits_mtp(Mock(mtp_num_layers=None)) is True
+        assert _model_omits_mtp(Mock(mtp_num_layers=0)) is True
+        assert _model_omits_mtp(Mock(mtp_num_layers=1)) is False
+
+    def test_mtp_source_key_prefixes(self):
+        """Resolve the MTP/nextn source-key prefixes to strip per architecture."""
+
+        def src(*present_globs):
+            present = set(present_globs)
+            return Mock(has_glob=lambda pattern: pattern in present)
+
+        # DeepSeek-style: dedicated mtp.* prefix.
+        assert _mtp_source_key_prefixes(src("mtp.*"), {}) == ("mtp.",)
+
+        # GLM glm4_moe_lite: nextn layer stored at index == num_hidden_layers.
+        glm_src = src("model.layers.47.*")
+        assert _mtp_source_key_prefixes(glm_src, {"num_hidden_layers": 47}) == ("model.layers.47.",)
+
+        # Nested text_config carries num_hidden_layers.
+        assert _mtp_source_key_prefixes(glm_src, {"text_config": {"num_hidden_layers": 47}}) == ("model.layers.47.",)
+
+        # No matching source keys -> nothing to strip.
+        assert _mtp_source_key_prefixes(src(), {"num_hidden_layers": 47}) == ()
+
+        # Both prefixes present.
+        both = src("mtp.*", "model.layers.47.*")
+        assert _mtp_source_key_prefixes(both, {"num_hidden_layers": 47}) == ("mtp.", "model.layers.47.")
+
+    def test_save_hf_weights_strips_nextn_prefix_when_mtp_omitted(self, tmp_path):
+        """Regression: a model built without an MTP head must strip the GLM nextn
+        layer prefix from the source map before streaming save.
+
+        This is the actual bug being fixed (45/48-shard checkpoint dropping
+        boundary shards on GLM-4.x glm4_moe_lite). Unlike the helper-level tests,
+        this asserts the orchestration in ``save_hf_weights`` wires the stripped
+        prefixes through to ``save_generator``. It fails if the
+        ``_model_omits_mtp(...)`` branch is removed, because the HF/saved configs
+        here do *not* explicitly disable MTP — the only signal is the built
+        model omitting the head.
+        """
+        source = _make_fake_source(present={"model.layers.47.*", "model.layers.46.*"})
+        # Built megatron model omits the MTP head (SkyRL forces mtp_num_layers=None).
+        self._run_save_hf_weights(source, tmp_path, mtp_num_layers=None)
+
+        assert source.save_generator_kwargs is not None
+        assert source.save_generator_kwargs["ignored_source_key_prefixes"] == ("model.layers.47.",)
+
+    def test_save_hf_weights_keeps_all_keys_when_mtp_enabled(self, tmp_path):
+        """Counterpart: when the model keeps its MTP head, nothing is stripped.
+
+        Also guards the ``if mtp_disabled`` gate: if a future refactor drops the
+        gate and always calls ``_mtp_source_key_prefixes``, the helper would strip
+        the real ``model.layers.47.`` layer here and this assertion would fail.
+        """
+        source = _make_fake_source(present={"model.layers.47.*"})
+        self._run_save_hf_weights(source, tmp_path, mtp_num_layers=1)
+
+        assert source.save_generator_kwargs["ignored_source_key_prefixes"] is None
+
+    def _run_save_hf_weights(self, source, tmp_path, *, mtp_num_layers):
+        """Drive ``save_hf_weights`` with a stubbed bridge/model so the only
+        behavior under test is the MTP prefix-resolution wiring.
+
+        ``num_hidden_layers=47`` with no MTP-disable field means the export
+        decision hinges purely on whether the *built* model omits the head
+        (``mtp_num_layers``).
+        """
+        hf_pretrained = create_mock_pretrained_causal_lm()
+        # HF config carries layer count but does NOT set any MTP-disable field.
+        hf_pretrained.config = SimpleNamespace(num_hidden_layers=47)
+        model_instance = SimpleNamespace(config=SimpleNamespace(mtp_num_layers=mtp_num_layers))
+
+        bridge_obj = object.__new__(AutoBridge)
+        bridge_obj.hf_pretrained = hf_pretrained
+
+        fake_model_bridge = Mock()
+        fake_model_bridge.stream_weights_megatron_to_hf.return_value = iter([])
+
+        with (
+            # ``state`` is a read-only property on PreTrainedBase, so patch it
+            # rather than assigning to the instance.
+            patch.object(
+                type(hf_pretrained),
+                "state",
+                new_callable=PropertyMock,
+                return_value=SimpleNamespace(source=source),
+            ),
+            patch.object(AutoBridge, "_model_bridge", new_callable=PropertyMock) as mock_bridge,
+            patch.object(AutoBridge, "_get_model_instance", return_value=model_instance),
+            patch("megatron.bridge.models.conversion.auto_bridge.is_quantized", return_value=False),
+        ):
+            mock_bridge.return_value = fake_model_bridge
+            bridge_obj.save_hf_weights([Mock()], tmp_path, show_progress=False)
+
     def test_can_handle_supported_model(self, llama_config_mock):
         """Test can_handle returns True for supported models."""
         with patch(