diff --git a/tests/worker/tpu_worker_test.py b/tests/worker/tpu_worker_test.py
index 77cd174b15..09012230f8 100644
--- a/tests/worker/tpu_worker_test.py
+++ b/tests/worker/tpu_worker_test.py
@@ -186,6 +186,82 @@ def test_init_with_profiler_on_other_ranks(self, mock_vllm_config):
                            distributed_init_method="test_method")
         assert worker.profile_dir is None
 
+    def test_init_with_gcs_profiler_on_rank_zero(self, mock_vllm_config):
+        """Tests that a GCS profile dir is set directly without os.makedirs."""
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.profiler = "torch"
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.torch_profiler_dir = (
+            "gs://my-bucket/profiles"
+        )
+        with patch("tpu_inference.worker.tpu_worker.os.makedirs") as mock_mkdirs:
+            worker = TPUWorker(
+                vllm_config=mock_vllm_config,
+                local_rank=0,
+                rank=0,
+                distributed_init_method="test_method",
+            )
+            assert worker.profile_dir == "gs://my-bucket/profiles"
+            mock_mkdirs.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch("tpu_inference.worker.tpu_worker.os.makedirs")
+    @patch("tpu_inference.tpu_info.get_num_cores_per_chip", return_value=2)
+    def test_init_pp_with_gcs_path_skips_makedirs(
+        self, mock_get_cores, mock_mkdirs, mock_vllm_config
+    ):
+        """Tests that os.makedirs is NOT called for GCS paths in PP mode."""
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.profiler = "torch"
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.torch_profiler_dir = (
+            "gs://my-bucket/profiles"
+        )
+        mock_vllm_config.parallel_config.pipeline_parallel_size = 2
+        worker = TPUWorker(
+            vllm_config=mock_vllm_config,
+            local_rank=0,
+            rank=0,
+            distributed_init_method="test_method",
+        )
+        assert worker.profile_dir == (
+            "gs://my-bucket/profiles/pprank_0_ppworldsize_2"
+        )
+        mock_mkdirs.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch("tpu_inference.worker.tpu_worker.os.makedirs")
+    @patch("tpu_inference.tpu_info.get_num_cores_per_chip", return_value=2)
+    def test_init_pp_with_local_path_calls_makedirs(
+        self, mock_get_cores, mock_mkdirs, mock_vllm_config
+    ):
+        """Tests that os.makedirs IS called for local paths in PP mode."""
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.profiler = "torch"
+        mock_vllm_config.profiler_config.torch_profiler_dir = "/tmp/profiles"
+        mock_vllm_config.parallel_config.pipeline_parallel_size = 2
+        worker = TPUWorker(
+            vllm_config=mock_vllm_config,
+            local_rank=0,
+            rank=0,
+            distributed_init_method="test_method",
+        )
+        assert worker.profile_dir == "/tmp/profiles/pprank_0_ppworldsize_2"
+        mock_mkdirs.assert_called_once_with(
+            "/tmp/profiles/pprank_0_ppworldsize_2", exist_ok=True
+        )
+
+    @patch("tpu_inference.worker.tpu_worker.jax")
+    @patch.dict("os.environ", {"PYTHON_TRACER_LEVEL": "1"}, clear=True)
+    def test_profile_start_with_gcs_path(self, mock_jax, mock_vllm_config):
+        """Tests that a GCS path is passed directly to jax.profiler.start_trace."""
+        worker = TPUWorker(
+            vllm_config=mock_vllm_config,
+            local_rank=0,
+            rank=0,
+            distributed_init_method="test",
+        )
+        worker.profile_dir = "gs://my-bucket/profiles"
+
+        worker.profile(is_start=True)
+
+        mock_jax.profiler.start_trace.assert_called_once()
+        args, _ = mock_jax.profiler.start_trace.call_args
+        assert args[0] == "gs://my-bucket/profiles"
+
     #
     # --- Device and Cache Initialization Tests ---
     #
diff --git a/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker.py b/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker.py
index 53228ba546..d8f5eca00d 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/worker/tpu_worker.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def __init__(
                 profiler_config.torch_profiler_dir,
                 f"pprank_{self.rank}_ppworldsize_{self.pp_config.pp_world_size}"
             )
-            os.makedirs(self.profile_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            if not self.profile_dir.startswith("gs://"):
+                os.makedirs(self.profile_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
         use_jax_profiler_server = envs.USE_JAX_PROFILER_SERVER
         # Only one instance of profiler is allowed