diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan_vace.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan_vace.py
index a0b5ed93c9bf..e5f83dd401ad 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan_vace.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan_vace.py
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ def prepare_masks(
             num_ref_images = len(reference_images_batch)
             if num_ref_images > 0:
                 mask_padding = torch.zeros_like(mask_[:, :num_ref_images, :, :])
-                mask_ = torch.cat([mask_, mask_padding], dim=1)
+                mask_ = torch.cat([mask_padding, mask_], dim=1)
             mask_list.append(mask_)
         return torch.stack(mask_list)