diff --git a/src/diffusers/hooks/taylorseer_cache.py b/src/diffusers/hooks/taylorseer_cache.py
index 303155105e71..1146d913fc7b 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/hooks/taylorseer_cache.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/hooks/taylorseer_cache.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def _measure_should_compute(self) -> bool:
         state.current_step += 1
         current_step = state.current_step
         is_warmup_phase = current_step < self.disable_cache_before_step
-        is_compute_interval = (current_step - self.disable_cache_before_step - 1) % self.cache_interval == 0
+        is_compute_interval = (current_step - self.disable_cache_before_step) % self.cache_interval == 0
         is_cooldown_phase = self.disable_cache_after_step is not None and current_step >= self.disable_cache_after_step
         should_compute = is_warmup_phase or is_compute_interval or is_cooldown_phase
         return should_compute, state
diff --git a/tests/hooks/test_taylorseer_cache.py b/tests/hooks/test_taylorseer_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2d853a8e29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hooks/test_taylorseer_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Copyright 2025 HuggingFace Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+import torch
+
+from diffusers.hooks.taylorseer_cache import (
+    TaylorSeerCacheConfig,
+    TaylorSeerCacheHook,
+    TaylorSeerState,
+    _apply_taylorseer_cache_hook,
+    apply_taylorseer_cache,
+)
+from diffusers.hooks.hooks import StateManager
+from diffusers.models import ModelMixin
+
+
+class DummyAttnBlock(torch.nn.Module):
+    """A simple attention-like block whose output is 2x the input."""
+
+    def forward(self, hidden_states, **kwargs):
+        return hidden_states * 2.0
+
+
+class DummyTransformer(ModelMixin):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.transformer_blocks = torch.nn.ModuleList([DummyAttnBlock()])
+
+    def forward(self, hidden_states):
+        for block in self.transformer_blocks:
+            hidden_states = block(hidden_states)
+        return hidden_states
+
+
+def _make_hook(
+    cache_interval: int = 5,
+    disable_cache_before_step: int = 3,
+    disable_cache_after_step: int | None = None,
+) -> TaylorSeerCacheHook:
+    """Construct a TaylorSeerCacheHook with a fresh StateManager."""
+    state_manager = StateManager(
+        TaylorSeerState,
+        init_kwargs={
+            "taylor_factors_dtype": torch.float32,
+            "max_order": 1,
+            "is_inactive": False,
+        },
+    )
+    return TaylorSeerCacheHook(
+        cache_interval=cache_interval,
+        disable_cache_before_step=disable_cache_before_step,
+        taylor_factors_dtype=torch.float32,
+        state_manager=state_manager,
+        disable_cache_after_step=disable_cache_after_step,
+    )
+
+
+class TaylorSeerCacheTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_compute_schedule_first_post_warmup_step_triggers_compute(self):
+        """
+        The first step at or after disable_cache_before_step must always trigger
+        a full forward pass (should_compute=True), not a cached prediction.
+
+        With disable_cache_before_step=3 and cache_interval=5 the expected
+        compute steps are: 0, 1, 2 (warmup), 3, 8, 13, ...
+
+        The off-by-one bug `(step - disable - 1) % interval` shifts this to
+        4, 9, 14, ... causing step 3 to wrongly return should_compute=False.
+        """
+        hook = _make_hook(cache_interval=5, disable_cache_before_step=3)
+
+        expected = {
+            0: True,   # warmup
+            1: True,   # warmup
+            2: True,   # warmup
+            3: True,   # first post-warmup step — must compute, not predict
+            4: False,  # cache reuse
+            5: False,
+            6: False,
+            7: False,
+            8: True,   # next compute refresh at disable + cache_interval = 3 + 5
+            9: False,
+        }
+
+        for step, should_compute_expected in expected.items():
+            should_compute, _ = hook._measure_should_compute()
+            self.assertEqual(
+                should_compute,
+                should_compute_expected,
+                f"Step {step}: expected should_compute={should_compute_expected}, got {should_compute}",
+            )
+
+    def test_compute_schedule_disable_cache_after_step(self):
+        """
+        Steps at or beyond disable_cache_after_step must always compute
+        regardless of cache_interval position.
+        """
+        hook = _make_hook(
+            cache_interval=5,
+            disable_cache_before_step=2,
+            disable_cache_after_step=6,
+        )
+
+        # Steps 0-1 warmup, step 2 first refresh, steps 3-4 cache, step 5 cache,
+        # step 6+ cooldown (always compute).
+        expected = {
+            0: True,   # warmup
+            1: True,   # warmup
+            2: True,   # first post-warmup compute (disable_cache_before_step=2)
+            3: False,
+            4: False,
+            5: False,
+            6: True,   # cooldown — always compute
+            7: True,   # cooldown
+        }
+
+        for step, should_compute_expected in expected.items():
+            should_compute, _ = hook._measure_should_compute()
+            self.assertEqual(
+                should_compute,
+                should_compute_expected,
+                f"Step {step}: expected should_compute={should_compute_expected}, got {should_compute}",
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()