diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index 392d5fb3feb4..09c46b9f0f40 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ def from_pipe(cls, pipeline, **kwargs):
         """
 
         original_config = dict(pipeline.config)
-        torch_dtype = kwargs.pop("torch_dtype", torch.float32)
+        torch_dtype = kwargs.pop("torch_dtype", None)
 
         # derive the pipeline class to instantiate
         custom_pipeline = kwargs.pop("custom_pipeline", None)