diff --git a/examples/community/regional_prompting_stable_diffusion.py b/examples/community/regional_prompting_stable_diffusion.py
index 95f6cebb0190..9f09b4bd2bba 100644
--- a/examples/community/regional_prompting_stable_diffusion.py
+++ b/examples/community/regional_prompting_stable_diffusion.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def __call__(
         self.power = int(rp_args["power"]) if "power" in rp_args else 1
 
         prompts = prompt if isinstance(prompt, list) else [prompt]
-        n_prompts = negative_prompt if isinstance(prompt, list) else [negative_prompt]
+        n_prompts = negative_prompt if isinstance(negative_prompt, list) else [negative_prompt]
         self.batch = batch = num_images_per_prompt * len(prompts)
 
         if use_base: