diff --git a/quantize_awq.py b/quantize_awq.py
index 746c43d..c065160 100644
--- a/quantize_awq.py
+++ b/quantize_awq.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Uses domain calibration data from substrate_v5.jsonl.
 import json
 import torch
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
+
+# Qwen3.6-27B uses Qwen3_5ForConditionalGeneration which AutoRound
+# misidentifies as a multimodal model. Patch before importing AutoRound.
+import auto_round.autoround as _ar
+_ar.is_mllm_model = lambda *a, **kw: False
+
 from auto_round import AutoRound
 
 MODEL = "/workspace/substrate-qwen36-27b-merged"