diff --git a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_sd3.py b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_sd3.py
index ffe460d72de8..08341d9c227c 100644
--- a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_sd3.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_sd3.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import copy
 import functools
+import gc
 import logging
 import math
 import os
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
 from diffusers.training_utils import compute_density_for_timestep_sampling, compute_loss_weighting_for_sd3, free_memory
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version, is_wandb_available, make_image_grid
 from diffusers.utils.hub_utils import load_or_create_model_card, populate_model_card
+from diffusers.utils.testing_utils import backend_empty_cache
 from diffusers.utils.torch_utils import is_compiled_module
 
 
@@ -74,8 +76,9 @@ def log_validation(controlnet, args, accelerator, weight_dtype, step, is_final_v
 
     pipeline = StableDiffusion3ControlNetPipeline.from_pretrained(
         args.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
-        controlnet=controlnet,
+        controlnet=None,
         safety_checker=None,
+        transformer=None,
         revision=args.revision,
         variant=args.variant,
         torch_dtype=weight_dtype,
@@ -102,18 +105,55 @@ def log_validation(controlnet, args, accelerator, weight_dtype, step, is_final_v
             "number of `args.validation_image` and `args.validation_prompt` should be checked in `parse_args`"
         )
 
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        (
+            prompt_embeds,
+            negative_prompt_embeds,
+            pooled_prompt_embeds,
+            negative_pooled_prompt_embeds,
+        ) = pipeline.encode_prompt(
+            validation_prompts,
+            prompt_2=None,
+            prompt_3=None,
+        )
+
+    del pipeline
+    gc.collect()
+    backend_empty_cache(accelerator.device.type)
+
+    pipeline = StableDiffusion3ControlNetPipeline.from_pretrained(
+        args.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
+        controlnet=controlnet,
+        safety_checker=None,
+        text_encoder=None,
+        text_encoder_2=None,
+        text_encoder_3=None,
+        revision=args.revision,
+        variant=args.variant,
+        torch_dtype=weight_dtype,
+    )
+    pipeline.enable_model_cpu_offload(device=accelerator.device.type)
+    pipeline.set_progress_bar_config(disable=True)
+
     image_logs = []
     inference_ctx = contextlib.nullcontext() if is_final_validation else torch.autocast(accelerator.device.type)
 
-    for validation_prompt, validation_image in zip(validation_prompts, validation_images):
+    for i, validation_image in enumerate(validation_images):
         validation_image = Image.open(validation_image).convert("RGB")
+        validation_prompt = validation_prompts[i]
 
         images = []
 
         for _ in range(args.num_validation_images):
             with inference_ctx:
                 image = pipeline(
-                    validation_prompt, control_image=validation_image, num_inference_steps=20, generator=generator
+                    prompt_embeds=prompt_embeds[i].unsqueeze(0),
+                    negative_prompt_embeds=negative_prompt_embeds[i].unsqueeze(0),
+                    pooled_prompt_embeds=pooled_prompt_embeds[i].unsqueeze(0),
+                    negative_pooled_prompt_embeds=negative_pooled_prompt_embeds[i].unsqueeze(0),
+                    control_image=validation_image,
+                    num_inference_steps=20,
+                    generator=generator,
                 ).images[0]
 
             images.append(image)
@@ -655,6 +695,7 @@ def make_train_dataset(args, tokenizer_one, tokenizer_two, tokenizer_three, acce
             dataset = load_dataset(
                 args.train_data_dir,
                 cache_dir=args.cache_dir,
+                trust_remote_code=True,
             )
         # See more about loading custom images at
         # https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/v2.0.0/en/dataset_script