diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/transformers/transformer_hidream_image.py b/src/diffusers/models/transformers/transformer_hidream_image.py
index 2bdf7d152268..43949f797c3d 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/transformers/transformer_hidream_image.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/transformers/transformer_hidream_image.py
@@ -604,8 +604,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.out_channels = out_channels or in_channels
-        self.inner_dim = self.config.num_attention_heads * self.config.attention_head_dim
-        self.llama_layers = llama_layers
+        self.inner_dim = num_attention_heads * attention_head_dim
 
         self.t_embedder = HiDreamImageTimestepEmbed(self.inner_dim)
         self.p_embedder = HiDreamImagePooledEmbed(text_emb_dim, self.inner_dim)
@@ -621,13 +620,13 @@ def __init__(
                 HiDreamBlock(
                     HiDreamImageTransformerBlock(
                         dim=self.inner_dim,
-                        num_attention_heads=self.config.num_attention_heads,
-                        attention_head_dim=self.config.attention_head_dim,
+                        num_attention_heads=num_attention_heads,
+                        attention_head_dim=attention_head_dim,
                         num_routed_experts=num_routed_experts,
                         num_activated_experts=num_activated_experts,
                     )
                 )
-                for _ in range(self.config.num_layers)
+                for _ in range(num_layers)
             ]
         )
 
@@ -636,42 +635,26 @@ def __init__(
                 HiDreamBlock(
                     HiDreamImageSingleTransformerBlock(
                         dim=self.inner_dim,
-                        num_attention_heads=self.config.num_attention_heads,
-                        attention_head_dim=self.config.attention_head_dim,
+                        num_attention_heads=num_attention_heads,
+                        attention_head_dim=attention_head_dim,
                         num_routed_experts=num_routed_experts,
                         num_activated_experts=num_activated_experts,
                     )
                 )
-                for _ in range(self.config.num_single_layers)
+                for _ in range(num_single_layers)
             ]
         )
 
         self.final_layer = HiDreamImageOutEmbed(self.inner_dim, patch_size, self.out_channels)
 
-        caption_channels = [
-            caption_channels[1],
-        ] * (num_layers + num_single_layers) + [
-            caption_channels[0],
-        ]
+        caption_channels = [caption_channels[1]] * (num_layers + num_single_layers) + [caption_channels[0]]
         caption_projection = []
         for caption_channel in caption_channels:
             caption_projection.append(TextProjection(in_features=caption_channel, hidden_size=self.inner_dim))
         self.caption_projection = nn.ModuleList(caption_projection)
         self.max_seq = max_resolution[0] * max_resolution[1] // (patch_size * patch_size)
 
-    def expand_timesteps(self, timesteps, batch_size, device):
-        if not torch.is_tensor(timesteps):
-            is_mps = device.type == "mps"
-            if isinstance(timesteps, float):
-                dtype = torch.float32 if is_mps else torch.float64
-            else:
-                dtype = torch.int32 if is_mps else torch.int64
-            timesteps = torch.tensor([timesteps], dtype=dtype, device=device)
-        elif len(timesteps.shape) == 0:
-            timesteps = timesteps[None].to(device)
-        # broadcast to batch dimension in a way that's compatible with ONNX/Core ML
-        timesteps = timesteps.expand(batch_size)
-        return timesteps
+        self.gradient_checkpointing = False
 
     def unpatchify(self, x: torch.Tensor, img_sizes: List[Tuple[int, int]], is_training: bool) -> List[torch.Tensor]:
         if is_training:
@@ -773,7 +756,6 @@ def forward(
             hidden_states = out
 
         # 0. time
-        timesteps = self.expand_timesteps(timesteps, batch_size, hidden_states.device)
         timesteps = self.t_embedder(timesteps, hidden_states_type)
         p_embedder = self.p_embedder(pooled_embeds)
         temb = timesteps + p_embedder
@@ -793,7 +775,7 @@ def forward(
 
         T5_encoder_hidden_states = encoder_hidden_states[0]
         encoder_hidden_states = encoder_hidden_states[-1]
-        encoder_hidden_states = [encoder_hidden_states[k] for k in self.llama_layers]
+        encoder_hidden_states = [encoder_hidden_states[k] for k in self.config.llama_layers]
 
         if self.caption_projection is not None:
             new_encoder_hidden_states = []