diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora_sd3.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora_sd3.py
index 78eae4499ad2..5db289b8d3f3 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora_sd3.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora_sd3.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import torch
 import torch.utils.checkpoint
 import transformers
-from accelerate import Accelerator
+from accelerate import Accelerator, DistributedType
 from accelerate.logging import get_logger
 from accelerate.utils import DistributedDataParallelKwargs, ProjectConfiguration, set_seed
 from huggingface_hub import create_repo, upload_folder
@@ -1292,11 +1292,13 @@ def save_model_hook(models, weights, output_dir):
             text_encoder_two_lora_layers_to_save = None
 
             for model in models:
-                if isinstance(model, type(unwrap_model(transformer))):
+                if isinstance(unwrap_model(model), type(unwrap_model(transformer))):
+                    model = unwrap_model(model)
                     transformer_lora_layers_to_save = get_peft_model_state_dict(model)
-                elif isinstance(model, type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_one))):  # or text_encoder_two
+                elif isinstance(unwrap_model(model), type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_one))):  # or text_encoder_two
                     # both text encoders are of the same class, so we check hidden size to distinguish between the two
-                    hidden_size = unwrap_model(model).config.hidden_size
+                    model = unwrap_model(model)
+                    hidden_size = model.config.hidden_size
                     if hidden_size == 768:
                         text_encoder_one_lora_layers_to_save = get_peft_model_state_dict(model)
                     elif hidden_size == 1280:
@@ -1305,7 +1307,8 @@ def save_model_hook(models, weights, output_dir):
                     raise ValueError(f"unexpected save model: {model.__class__}")
 
                 # make sure to pop weight so that corresponding model is not saved again
-                weights.pop()
+                if weights:
+                    weights.pop()
 
             StableDiffusion3Pipeline.save_lora_weights(
                 output_dir,
@@ -1319,17 +1322,31 @@ def load_model_hook(models, input_dir):
         text_encoder_one_ = None
         text_encoder_two_ = None
 
-        while len(models) > 0:
-            model = models.pop()
+        if not accelerator.distributed_type == DistributedType.DEEPSPEED:
+            while len(models) > 0:
+                model = models.pop()
 
-            if isinstance(model, type(unwrap_model(transformer))):
-                transformer_ = model
-            elif isinstance(model, type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_one))):
-                text_encoder_one_ = model
-            elif isinstance(model, type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_two))):
-                text_encoder_two_ = model
-            else:
-                raise ValueError(f"unexpected save model: {model.__class__}")
+                if isinstance(unwrap_model(model), type(unwrap_model(transformer))):
+                    transformer_ = unwrap_model(model)
+                elif isinstance(unwrap_model(model), type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_one))):
+                    text_encoder_one_ = unwrap_model(model)
+                elif isinstance(unwrap_model(model), type(unwrap_model(text_encoder_two))):
+                    text_encoder_two_ = unwrap_model(model)
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(f"unexpected save model: {model.__class__}")
+
+        else:
+            transformer_ = SD3Transformer2DModel.from_pretrained(
+                args.pretrained_model_name_or_path, subfolder="transformer"
+            )
+            transformer_.add_adapter(transformer_lora_config)
+            if args.train_text_encoder:
+                text_encoder_one_ = text_encoder_cls_one.from_pretrained(
+                    args.pretrained_model_name_or_path, subfolder="text_encoder"
+                )
+                text_encoder_two_ = text_encoder_cls_two.from_pretrained(
+                    args.pretrained_model_name_or_path, subfolder="text_encoder_2"
+                )
 
         lora_state_dict = StableDiffusion3Pipeline.lora_state_dict(input_dir)
 
@@ -1829,7 +1846,7 @@ def get_sigmas(timesteps, n_dim=4, dtype=torch.float32):
                 progress_bar.update(1)
                 global_step += 1
 
-                if accelerator.is_main_process:
+                if accelerator.is_main_process or accelerator.distributed_type == DistributedType.DEEPSPEED:
                     if global_step % args.checkpointing_steps == 0:
                         # _before_ saving state, check if this save would set us over the `checkpoints_total_limit`
                         if args.checkpoints_total_limit is not None: