diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/qwenimage/pipeline_qwenimage_edit_plus.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/qwenimage/pipeline_qwenimage_edit_plus.py
index ec203edf166c..65d664978fa5 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/qwenimage/pipeline_qwenimage_edit_plus.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/qwenimage/pipeline_qwenimage_edit_plus.py
@@ -252,9 +252,17 @@ def _get_qwen_prompt_embeds(
         drop_idx = self.prompt_template_encode_start_idx
         txt = [template.format(base_img_prompt + e) for e in prompt]
 
+        if image is None:
+            images_for_processor = None
+        else:
+            if isinstance(image, list):
+                images_for_processor = [image] * len(txt)
+            else:
+                images_for_processor = image
+
         model_inputs = self.processor(
             text=txt,
-            images=image,
+            images=images_for_processor,
             padding=True,
             return_tensors="pt",
         ).to(device)
@@ -627,7 +635,12 @@ def __call__(
             [`~pipelines.qwenimage.QwenImagePipelineOutput`] if `return_dict` is True, otherwise a `tuple`. When
             returning a tuple, the first element is a list with the generated images.
         """
-        image_size = image[-1].size if isinstance(image, list) else image.size
+
+        ref_img = image[0] if isinstance(image, list) else image
+        if isinstance(ref_img, (tuple, list)):
+            ref_img = ref_img[0]
+        image_size = ref_img.size
+
         calculated_width, calculated_height = calculate_dimensions(1024 * 1024, image_size[0] / image_size[1])
         height = height or calculated_height
         width = width or calculated_width
@@ -673,6 +686,7 @@ def __call__(
             vae_image_sizes = []
             vae_images = []
             for img in image:
+                img = img[0] if isinstance(img, (tuple, list)) else img
                 image_width, image_height = img.size
                 condition_width, condition_height = calculate_dimensions(
                     CONDITION_IMAGE_SIZE, image_width / image_height
@@ -681,7 +695,10 @@ def __call__(
                 condition_image_sizes.append((condition_width, condition_height))
                 vae_image_sizes.append((vae_width, vae_height))
                 condition_images.append(self.image_processor.resize(img, condition_height, condition_width))
-                vae_images.append(self.image_processor.preprocess(img, vae_height, vae_width).unsqueeze(2))
+                preproc = self.image_processor.preprocess(img, vae_height, vae_width)
+                if isinstance(preproc, (tuple, list)):
+                    preproc = preproc[0]
+                vae_images.append(preproc.unsqueeze(0))
 
         has_neg_prompt = negative_prompt is not None or (
             negative_prompt_embeds is not None and negative_prompt_embeds_mask is not None
@@ -719,6 +736,25 @@ def __call__(
 
         # 4. Prepare latent variables
         num_channels_latents = self.transformer.config.in_channels // 4
+        if vae_images is not None:
+            for idx, v in enumerate(vae_images):
+                if isinstance(v, (tuple, list)):
+                    v = v[0]
+
+                if not torch.is_tensor(v):
+                    v = torch.as_tensor(v)
+
+                if v.ndim == 5 and v.shape[1] == 1 and v.shape[2] in (1, 3):
+                    v = v.permute(0, 2, 1, 3, 4).contiguous()
+
+                elif v.ndim == 4 and v.shape[1] in (1, 3):
+                    v = v.unsqueeze(2)
+
+                elif v.ndim == 3 and v.shape[0] in (1, 3):
+                    v = v.unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(2)
+
+                vae_images[idx] = v
+
         latents, image_latents = self.prepare_latents(
             vae_images,
             batch_size * num_images_per_prompt,