diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan.py
index 78fe71ea9138..dc2bb471101d 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/wan/pipeline_wan.py
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 
 
 def basic_clean(text):
-    text = ftfy.fix_text(text)
+    if is_ftfy_available():
+        text = ftfy.fix_text(text)
     text = html.unescape(html.unescape(text))
     return text.strip()