diff --git a/src/cache_dit/_utils/utils.py b/src/cache_dit/_utils/utils.py
index 0377b6c5..0ebd5426 100644
--- a/src/cache_dit/_utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/cache_dit/_utils/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 from ..logger import init_logger
 from ..platforms import current_platform
-from ..compile.utils import set_compile_configs, _maybe_apply_mindiesd_compile
+from ..compile.utils import (
+  set_compile_configs,
+  mindiesd_compile_available,
+  mindiesd_compile,
+)
 from ..distributed import ParallelismBackend, ParallelismConfig
 from ..caching import enable_cache, steps_mask
 from ..attention import set_attn_backend
@@ -1257,10 +1261,11 @@ def _compile_transformer_module(args, pipe, transformer, name):
     return transformer
 
   # Auto-enable MindieSDBackend on NPU
-  compiled = _maybe_apply_mindiesd_compile(transformer, name, transformer_cls_name)
-  if compiled is not None:
-    setattr(pipe, name, compiled)
-    return compiled
+  if mindiesd_compile_available():
+    compiled = mindiesd_compile(transformer, name, transformer_cls_name)
+    if compiled is not None:
+      setattr(pipe, name, compiled)
+      return compiled
 
   use_regional_compile = not args.disable_compile_repeated_blocks and hasattr(
     transformer, "compile_repeated_blocks")
diff --git a/src/cache_dit/attention/__init__.py b/src/cache_dit/attention/__init__.py
index 166fbc69..d2e2b9ad 100644
--- a/src/cache_dit/attention/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cache_dit/attention/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   _init_comm_metadata,
 )
 from ._diffusers_bridge import _register_cache_dit_attn_backends_to_diffusers
+from ._backend_selector import AttnBackendSelector
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
   "_dispatch_attention_fn",
   "set_attn_backend",
   "_maybe_register_custom_attn_backends",
+  "AttnBackendSelector",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/cache_dit/attention/backend_selector.py b/src/cache_dit/attention/_backend_selector.py
similarity index 63%
rename from src/cache_dit/attention/backend_selector.py
rename to src/cache_dit/attention/_backend_selector.py
index 7d6aefa6..d8751103 100644
--- a/src/cache_dit/attention/backend_selector.py
+++ b/src/cache_dit/attention/_backend_selector.py
@@ -4,19 +4,23 @@
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 
-class BackendSelector:
+class AttnBackendSelector:
   _attn_backend: str | None = None
   _selected: bool = False
 
   @classmethod
   def auto_select(cls, pipe_or_adapter) -> str | None:
-    if cls._selected:
+    try:
+      if cls._selected:
+        return cls._attn_backend
+      device = cls._detect_device(pipe_or_adapter)
+      if device.type == "npu":
+        cls._attn_backend = "_native_npu"
+      cls._selected = True
       return cls._attn_backend
-    device = cls._detect_device(pipe_or_adapter)
-    if device.type == "npu":
-      cls._attn_backend = "_native_npu"
-    cls._selected = True
-    return cls._attn_backend
+    except Exception as e:
+      logger.warning(f"Failed to auto-select attention backend: {e}")
+      return None
 
   @classmethod
   def auto_select_kernel_backend(cls) -> str | None:
diff --git a/src/cache_dit/caching/cache_interface.py b/src/cache_dit/caching/cache_interface.py
index cea8f049..f44cca5a 100644
--- a/src/cache_dit/caching/cache_interface.py
+++ b/src/cache_dit/caching/cache_interface.py
@@ -18,20 +18,11 @@
 from ..utils import parse_extra_modules
 from ..logger import init_logger
 from ..attention import set_attn_backend
+from ..attention import AttnBackendSelector
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 
-def _auto_select_attention_backend(pipe_or_adapter) -> Optional[str]:
-  """Try to auto-select an optimal attention backend when none was specified."""
-  try:
-    from cache_dit.attention.backend_selector import BackendSelector
-
-    return BackendSelector.auto_select(pipe_or_adapter)
-  except Exception:
-    return None
-
-
 def enable_cache(
   pipe_or_adapter: Union[
     DiffusionPipeline,
@@ -364,7 +355,7 @@ def _enable_cache_impl(
 
   # Auto-select attention backend when none specified
   if attention_backend is None and parallelism_config is None:
-    attention_backend = _auto_select_attention_backend(pipe_or_adapter)
+    attention_backend = AttnBackendSelector.auto_select(pipe_or_adapter)
 
   # Set custom attention backend for non-parallelism case
   if attention_backend is not None:
diff --git a/src/cache_dit/compile/utils.py b/src/cache_dit/compile/utils.py
index a1838daa..128e36ba 100644
--- a/src/cache_dit/compile/utils.py
+++ b/src/cache_dit/compile/utils.py
@@ -161,7 +161,20 @@ def set_compile_configs(
     pass
 
 
-def _maybe_apply_mindiesd_compile(module, module_name, module_cls_name):
+def mindiesd_compile_available():
+  try:
+    if not hasattr(torch, 'npu') or not torch.npu.is_available():
+      return False
+
+    import mindiesd  # noqa F401
+    from mindiesd.compilation import MindieSDBackend  # noqa F401
+
+    return True
+  except ImportError:
+    return False
+
+
+def mindiesd_compile(module, module_name, module_cls_name):
   # Auto-apply MindieSDBackend compile on NPU when mindiesd is available.
   # Returns the compiled module if compiled, None if MindIE-SD not applicable.
   try: