diff --git a/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/logprobs.py b/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/logprobs.py
index ea0d5b464f..236c75ada0 100644
--- a/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/logprobs.py
+++ b/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/logprobs.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 def _create_chat_completion_logprobs(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
                                      token_ids: list[int] | None = None,
                                      logprobs: list[dict[int, float]]
-                                     | None = None):
+                                     | None = None,
+                                     top_logprobs: int = 0):
     """Create openai LogProbs for chat.completion.
 
     Args:
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ def _create_chat_completion_logprobs(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
         token_ids (list[int]): output token ids.
         logprobs (list[dict[int, float]]): the top logprobs for each output
             position.
+        top_logprobs (int): the number of most likely tokens to return at
+            each output position.
     Returns:
         ChoiceLogprobs: logprob result.
     """
@@ -33,7 +36,15 @@ def _create_chat_completion_logprobs(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
                                           bytes=[],
                                           logprob=0.0,
                                           top_logprobs=[])
-        for top_id, prob in tops.items():
+        top_ids = sorted(tops, key=tops.get, reverse=True)
+        if len(top_ids) > top_logprobs:
+            # Drop the extra selected row the engine appends when the
+            # selected token is outside the model top-k.
+            top_ids = [top_id for top_id in top_ids if top_id != token_id]
+        top_ids = top_ids[:top_logprobs]
+        for top_id, prob in sorted(tops.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True):
+            if top_id != token_id and top_id not in top_ids:
+                continue
             token = tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(top_id)
             if isinstance(token, bytes):
                 _bytes = list(token)
@@ -44,7 +55,7 @@ def _create_chat_completion_logprobs(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
                 item.token = token
                 item.bytes = _bytes
                 item.logprob = prob
-            else:
+            if top_id in top_ids:
                 item.top_logprobs.append(
                     TopLogprob(token=token, bytes=_bytes, logprob=prob))
         content.append(item)
diff --git a/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/serving.py b/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/serving.py
index ea57c43221..a146ce8099 100644
--- a/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/serving.py
+++ b/lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/serving.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ async def _completion_stream_generator() -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
                     output_token_logprobs = None
                     if request.logprobs and chunk.logprobs:
                         logprobs = _create_chat_completion_logprobs(
-                            tokenizer, chunk.token_ids, chunk.logprobs)
+                            tokenizer, chunk.token_ids, chunk.logprobs, request.top_logprobs or 0)
                     if request.return_logprob and chunk.logprobs:
                         output_token_logprobs = _create_output_token_logprobs(
                             chunk.token_ids, chunk.logprobs)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ async def completion_stream_generator() -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
         logprobs = None
         if request.logprobs and len(res.logprobs):
             logprobs = _create_chat_completion_logprobs(
-                tokenizer, res.token_ids, res.logprobs)
+                tokenizer, res.token_ids, res.logprobs, request.top_logprobs or 0)
         output_token_logprobs = None
         if request.return_logprob and len(res.logprobs):
             output_token_logprobs = _create_output_token_logprobs(
diff --git a/tests/test_lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/test_logprobs.py b/tests/test_lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/test_logprobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43bfe8bf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_lmdeploy/serve/openai/chat_completions/test_logprobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import pytest
+
+from lmdeploy.serve.openai.chat_completions.logprobs import _create_chat_completion_logprobs
+
+
+class _Tokenizer:
+
+    def convert_ids_to_tokens(self, token_id):
+        return f'tok{token_id}'
+
+
+def _top(item):
+    return [(top.token, top.logprob) for top in item.top_logprobs]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('top_logprobs', [1, 3])
+def test_top_logprobs_include_selected_token_in_top_k(top_logprobs):
+    # Engines return the model top-k; the selected token 1 is the most likely.
+    tops = {1: -0.1, 2: -1.0, 3: -2.0}
+    tops = {k: v for k, v in list(tops.items())[:top_logprobs]}
+    result = _create_chat_completion_logprobs(_Tokenizer(), [1], [tops], top_logprobs)
+
+    item = result.content[0]
+    assert (item.token, item.logprob) == ('tok1', -0.1)
+    assert _top(item) == [(f'tok{k}', v) for k, v in tops.items()]
+
+
+def test_top_logprobs_drop_selected_token_outside_top_k():
+    # The selected token 4 is appended after the model top-2.
+    tops = {4: -3.0, 1: -0.1, 2: -1.0}
+    result = _create_chat_completion_logprobs(_Tokenizer(), [4], [tops], 2)
+
+    item = result.content[0]
+    assert (item.token, item.logprob) == ('tok4', -3.0)
+    assert _top(item) == [('tok1', -0.1), ('tok2', -1.0)]
+
+
+def test_top_logprobs_zero_returns_empty_list():
+    # logprobs=True without top_logprobs still asks the engine for one entry.
+    tops = {4: -3.0, 1: -0.1}
+    result = _create_chat_completion_logprobs(_Tokenizer(), [4], [tops], 0)
+
+    item = result.content[0]
+    assert (item.token, item.logprob) == ('tok4', -3.0)
+    assert item.top_logprobs == []