diff --git a/src/transformers/pipelines/visual_question_answering.py b/src/transformers/pipelines/visual_question_answering.py
index f456835d7090..9106b19d3367 100644
--- a/src/transformers/pipelines/visual_question_answering.py
+++ b/src/transformers/pipelines/visual_question_answering.py
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ def preprocess(self, inputs, padding=False, truncation=False, timeout=None):
         model_inputs.update(image_features)
         return model_inputs
 
-    def _forward(self, model_inputs):
+    def _forward(self, model_inputs, **generate_kwargs):
         if self.model.can_generate():
-            model_outputs = self.model.generate(**model_inputs)
+            model_outputs = self.model.generate(**model_inputs, **generate_kwargs)
         else:
             model_outputs = self.model(**model_inputs)
         return model_outputs