diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index afdd7ab2161e..8a441a12768d 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -1079,6 +1079,33 @@ def from_pretrained(cls, pretrained_model_name_or_path: Optional[Union[str, os.P
         use_onnx = kwargs.pop("use_onnx", None)
         load_connected_pipeline = kwargs.pop("load_connected_pipeline", False)
 
+        if low_cpu_mem_usage and not is_accelerate_available():
+            low_cpu_mem_usage = False
+            logger.warning(
+                "Cannot initialize model with low cpu memory usage because `accelerate` was not found in the"
+                " environment. Defaulting to `low_cpu_mem_usage=False`. It is strongly recommended to install"
+                " `accelerate` for faster and less memory-intense model loading. You can do so with: \n```\npip"
+                " install accelerate\n```\n."
+            )
+
+        if device_map is not None and not is_torch_version(">=", "1.9.0"):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Loading and dispatching requires torch >= 1.9.0. Please either update your PyTorch version or set"
+                " `device_map=None`."
+            )
+
+        if low_cpu_mem_usage is True and not is_torch_version(">=", "1.9.0"):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Low memory initialization requires torch >= 1.9.0. Please either update your PyTorch version or set"
+                " `low_cpu_mem_usage=False`."
+            )
+
+        if low_cpu_mem_usage is False and device_map is not None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"You cannot set `low_cpu_mem_usage` to False while using device_map={device_map} for loading and"
+                " dispatching. Please make sure to set `low_cpu_mem_usage=True`."
+            )
+
         # 1. Download the checkpoints and configs
         # use snapshot download here to get it working from from_pretrained
         if not os.path.isdir(pretrained_model_name_or_path):
@@ -1211,33 +1238,6 @@ def load_module(name, value):
                 f"Keyword arguments {unused_kwargs} are not expected by {pipeline_class.__name__} and will be ignored."
             )
 
-        if low_cpu_mem_usage and not is_accelerate_available():
-            low_cpu_mem_usage = False
-            logger.warning(
-                "Cannot initialize model with low cpu memory usage because `accelerate` was not found in the"
-                " environment. Defaulting to `low_cpu_mem_usage=False`. It is strongly recommended to install"
-                " `accelerate` for faster and less memory-intense model loading. You can do so with: \n```\npip"
-                " install accelerate\n```\n."
-            )
-
-        if device_map is not None and not is_torch_version(">=", "1.9.0"):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                "Loading and dispatching requires torch >= 1.9.0. Please either update your PyTorch version or set"
-                " `device_map=None`."
-            )
-
-        if low_cpu_mem_usage is True and not is_torch_version(">=", "1.9.0"):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                "Low memory initialization requires torch >= 1.9.0. Please either update your PyTorch version or set"
-                " `low_cpu_mem_usage=False`."
-            )
-
-        if low_cpu_mem_usage is False and device_map is not None:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"You cannot set `low_cpu_mem_usage` to False while using device_map={device_map} for loading and"
-                " dispatching. Please make sure to set `low_cpu_mem_usage=True`."
-            )
-
         # import it here to avoid circular import
         from diffusers import pipelines