diff --git a/lmcache/v1/distributed/config.py b/lmcache/v1/distributed/config.py
index bc39392a54b..5352363de03 100644
--- a/lmcache/v1/distributed/config.py
+++ b/lmcache/v1/distributed/config.py
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ def add_storage_manager_args(
         default=4096,
         help="The alignment size in bytes. Default is 4KB (4096 bytes).",
     )
+    memory_group.add_argument(
+        "--shm-name",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="POSIX shared-memory segment name for L1 pool. "
+        "Default (not specified): auto-allocate pid-based name. "
+        'Set to "" to disable SHM. '
+        "Set to a name to use that specific SHM segment.",
+    )
 
     # L1 Manager Config (TTL settings)
     ttl_group = parser.add_argument_group(
@@ -291,11 +300,13 @@ def parse_args_to_config(
     Returns:
         StorageManagerConfig: The configuration object.
     """
+    shm_name = getattr(args, "shm_name", None)
     memory_config = L1MemoryManagerConfig(
         size_in_bytes=int(args.l1_size_gb * (1 << 30)),
         use_lazy=args.l1_use_lazy,
         init_size_in_bytes=int(args.l1_init_size_gb * (1 << 30)),
         align_bytes=args.l1_align_bytes,
+        **({"shm_name": shm_name} if shm_name is not None else {}),
     )
 
     l1_manager_config = L1ManagerConfig(
diff --git a/lmcache/v1/multiprocess/config.py b/lmcache/v1/multiprocess/config.py
index fc1280e78b0..71670947a80 100644
--- a/lmcache/v1/multiprocess/config.py
+++ b/lmcache/v1/multiprocess/config.py
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ class MPServerConfig:
     )
     """Runtime plugin configuration (locations + extra config)."""
 
-    shm_name: str | None = None
-    """SHM segment name for non-GPU KV transfer.
-    None: auto-allocate (default). "": force pickle. Other: use that name."""
-
 
 @dataclass
 class RuntimePluginConfig:
@@ -183,15 +179,6 @@ def add_mp_server_args(
         'Example: \'{"plugin.frontend.heartbeat_url": '
         '"http://localhost:5000/heartbeat"}\'',
     )
-    mp_group.add_argument(
-        "--shm-name",
-        type=str,
-        default=None,
-        help="SHM segment name for non-GPU KV transfer. "
-        "Default (not specified): auto-allocate. "
-        'Set to "" to force pickle path (disable SHM). '
-        "Set to a name to use that specific SHM segment.",
-    )
     return parser
 
 
@@ -228,7 +215,6 @@ def parse_args_to_mp_server_config(
             locations=(args.runtime_plugin_locations or []),
             extra_config=plugin_extra,
         ),
-        shm_name=args.shm_name,
     )