diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
index 4681586a2e..6b422b5795 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
@@ -448,19 +448,6 @@ def main():
     vae.to(accelerator.device, dtype=weight_dtype)
     text_encoder.to(accelerator.device, dtype=weight_dtype)
 
-    if args.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention:
-        if is_xformers_available():
-            import xformers
-
-            xformers_version = version.parse(xformers.__version__)
-            if xformers_version == version.parse("0.0.16"):
-                logger.warn(
-                    "xFormers 0.0.16 cannot be used for training in some GPUs. If you observe problems during training, please update xFormers to at least 0.0.17. See https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/main/en/optimization/xformers for more details."
-                )
-            unet.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("xformers is not available. Make sure it is installed correctly")
-
     # now we will add new LoRA weights to the attention layers
     # It's important to realize here how many attention weights will be added and of which sizes
     # The sizes of the attention layers consist only of two different variables:
@@ -492,6 +479,20 @@ def main():
         )
 
     unet.set_attn_processor(lora_attn_procs)
+
+    if args.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention:
+        if is_xformers_available():
+            import xformers
+
+            xformers_version = version.parse(xformers.__version__)
+            if xformers_version == version.parse("0.0.16"):
+                logger.warn(
+                    "xFormers 0.0.16 cannot be used for training in some GPUs. If you observe problems during training, please update xFormers to at least 0.0.17. See https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/main/en/optimization/xformers for more details."
+                )
+            unet.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("xformers is not available. Make sure it is installed correctly")
+
     lora_layers = AttnProcsLayers(unet.attn_processors)
 
     # Enable TF32 for faster training on Ampere GPUs,