diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index 190f4625a16c..b30f8132ba96 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -608,6 +608,17 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
         example["index"] = index
         return example
 
+def enable_xformers_for_object(obj_name):
+    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."
+            )
+        obj_name.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("xformers is not available. Make sure it is installed correctly")
 
 def main(args):
     logging_dir = Path(args.output_dir, args.logging_dir)
@@ -676,6 +687,9 @@ def main(args):
             )
             pipeline.set_progress_bar_config(disable=True)
 
+            if args.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention:
+                enable_xformers_for_object(pipeline)
+        
             num_new_images = args.num_class_images - cur_class_images
             logger.info(f"Number of class images to sample: {num_new_images}.")
 
@@ -769,17 +783,7 @@ def load_model_hook(models, input_dir):
         text_encoder.requires_grad_(False)
 
     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")
+        enable_xformers_for_object(unet)
 
     if args.gradient_checkpointing:
         unet.enable_gradient_checkpointing()
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
index 5cefc57c614d..53f396888c02 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
@@ -535,7 +535,18 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
         example["index"] = index
         return example
 
-
+def enable_xformers_for_object(obj_name):
+    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."
+            )
+        obj_name.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("xformers is not available. Make sure it is installed correctly")
+    
 def main(args):
     logging_dir = Path(args.output_dir, args.logging_dir)
 
@@ -604,6 +615,9 @@ def main(args):
             )
             pipeline.set_progress_bar_config(disable=True)
 
+            if args.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention:
+                enable_xformers_for_object(pipeline)
+
             num_new_images = args.num_class_images - cur_class_images
             logger.info(f"Number of class images to sample: {num_new_images}.")
 
@@ -680,17 +694,7 @@ def main(args):
     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")
+        enable_xformers_for_object(unet)
 
     # 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