diff --git a/src/diffusers/training_utils.py b/src/diffusers/training_utils.py
index 0e0d0ce5b568..d2bf3fe07185 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/training_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/training_utils.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     @classmethod
     def from_pretrained(cls, path, model_cls, foreach=False) -> "EMAModel":
-        _, ema_kwargs = model_cls.load_config(path, return_unused_kwargs=True)
+        _, ema_kwargs = model_cls.from_config(path, return_unused_kwargs=True)
         model = model_cls.from_pretrained(path)
 
         ema_model = cls(model.parameters(), model_cls=model_cls, model_config=model.config, foreach=foreach)