diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion_k_diffusion.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion_k_diffusion.py
index a02eb42750f7..7135b3e3ba31 100755
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion_k_diffusion.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/pipeline_stable_diffusion_k_diffusion.py
@@ -364,10 +364,17 @@ def decode_latents(self, latents):
         image = image.cpu().permute(0, 2, 3, 1).float().numpy()
         return image
 
-    def check_inputs(self, prompt, height, width, callback_steps):
-        if not isinstance(prompt, str) and not isinstance(prompt, list):
-            raise ValueError(f"`prompt` has to be of type `str` or `list` but is {type(prompt)}")
-
+    # Copied from diffusers.pipelines.stable_diffusion.pipeline_stable_diffusion.StableDiffusionPipeline.check_inputs
+    def check_inputs(
+        self,
+        prompt,
+        height,
+        width,
+        callback_steps,
+        negative_prompt=None,
+        prompt_embeds=None,
+        negative_prompt_embeds=None,
+    ):
         if height % 8 != 0 or width % 8 != 0:
             raise ValueError(f"`height` and `width` have to be divisible by 8 but are {height} and {width}.")
 
@@ -379,6 +386,32 @@ def check_inputs(self, prompt, height, width, callback_steps):
                 f" {type(callback_steps)}."
             )
 
+        if prompt is not None and prompt_embeds is not None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Cannot forward both `prompt`: {prompt} and `prompt_embeds`: {prompt_embeds}. Please make sure to"
+                " only forward one of the two."
+            )
+        elif prompt is None and prompt_embeds is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Provide either `prompt` or `prompt_embeds`. Cannot leave both `prompt` and `prompt_embeds` undefined."
+            )
+        elif prompt is not None and (not isinstance(prompt, str) and not isinstance(prompt, list)):
+            raise ValueError(f"`prompt` has to be of type `str` or `list` but is {type(prompt)}")
+
+        if negative_prompt is not None and negative_prompt_embeds is not None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Cannot forward both `negative_prompt`: {negative_prompt} and `negative_prompt_embeds`:"
+                f" {negative_prompt_embeds}. Please make sure to only forward one of the two."
+            )
+
+        if prompt_embeds is not None and negative_prompt_embeds is not None:
+            if prompt_embeds.shape != negative_prompt_embeds.shape:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "`prompt_embeds` and `negative_prompt_embeds` must have the same shape when passed directly, but"
+                    f" got: `prompt_embeds` {prompt_embeds.shape} != `negative_prompt_embeds`"
+                    f" {negative_prompt_embeds.shape}."
+                )
+
     def prepare_latents(self, batch_size, num_channels_latents, height, width, dtype, device, generator, latents=None):
         shape = (batch_size, num_channels_latents, height // self.vae_scale_factor, width // self.vae_scale_factor)
         if latents is None:
@@ -483,10 +516,18 @@ def __call__(
         width = width or self.unet.config.sample_size * self.vae_scale_factor
 
         # 1. Check inputs. Raise error if not correct
-        self.check_inputs(prompt, height, width, callback_steps)
+        self.check_inputs(
+            prompt, height, width, callback_steps, negative_prompt, prompt_embeds, negative_prompt_embeds
+        )
 
         # 2. Define call parameters
-        batch_size = 1 if isinstance(prompt, str) else len(prompt)
+        if prompt is not None and isinstance(prompt, str):
+            batch_size = 1
+        elif prompt is not None and isinstance(prompt, list):
+            batch_size = len(prompt)
+        else:
+            batch_size = prompt_embeds.shape[0]
+
         device = self._execution_device
         # here `guidance_scale` is defined analog to the guidance weight `w` of equation (2)
         # of the Imagen paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.11487.pdf . `guidance_scale = 1`