diff --git a/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py b/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
index 57b4e840414b..8cf6c1a14f37 100644
--- a/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ def is_tokenizers_available():
     return _tokenizers_available
 
 
+@lru_cache
 def is_vision_available():
     _pil_available = importlib.util.find_spec("PIL") is not None
     if _pil_available: