diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
index 7639f75152a5..5fe3c5602f3a 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ def load_model_dict_into_meta(model, state_dict, device=None, dtype=None, model_
     device = device or torch.device("cpu")
     dtype = dtype or torch.float32
 
+    accepts_dtype = "dtype" in set(inspect.signature(set_module_tensor_to_device).parameters.keys())
+
     unexpected_keys = []
     empty_state_dict = model.state_dict()
     for param_name, param in state_dict.items():
@@ -147,7 +149,6 @@ def load_model_dict_into_meta(model, state_dict, device=None, dtype=None, model_
                 f"Cannot load {model_name_or_path_str}because {param_name} expected shape {empty_state_dict[param_name]}, but got {param.shape}. If you want to instead overwrite randomly initialized weights, please make sure to pass both `low_cpu_mem_usage=False` and `ignore_mismatched_sizes=True`. For more information, see also: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/issues/1619#issuecomment-1345604389 as an example."
             )
 
-        accepts_dtype = "dtype" in set(inspect.signature(set_module_tensor_to_device).parameters.keys())
         if accepts_dtype:
             set_module_tensor_to_device(model, param_name, device, value=param, dtype=dtype)
         else: