diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/convert_from_ckpt.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/convert_from_ckpt.py
index 0a534d4193..ea80167644 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/convert_from_ckpt.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion/convert_from_ckpt.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import re
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union, Dict
 
 import requests
 import torch
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ def convert_controlnet_checkpoint(
 
 
 def download_from_original_stable_diffusion_ckpt(
-    checkpoint_path: str,
+    checkpoint_path_or_dict: Union[str, Dict[str, torch.Tensor]],
     original_config_file: str = None,
     image_size: Optional[int] = None,
     prediction_type: str = None,
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ def download_from_original_stable_diffusion_ckpt(
     recommended that you override the default values and/or supply an `original_config_file` wherever possible.
 
     Args:
-        checkpoint_path (`str`): Path to `.ckpt` file.
+        checkpoint_path_or_dict (`str` or `dict`): Path to `.ckpt` file, or the state dict.
         original_config_file (`str`):
             Path to `.yaml` config file corresponding to the original architecture. If `None`, will be automatically
             inferred by looking for a key that only exists in SD2.0 models.
@@ -1226,16 +1226,19 @@ def download_from_original_stable_diffusion_ckpt(
 
     from omegaconf import OmegaConf
 
-    if from_safetensors:
-        from safetensors.torch import load_file as safe_load
+    if isinstance(checkpoint_path_or_dict, str):
+        if from_safetensors:
+            from safetensors.torch import load_file as safe_load
 
-        checkpoint = safe_load(checkpoint_path, device="cpu")
-    else:
-        if device is None:
-            device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
-            checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=device)
+            checkpoint = safe_load(checkpoint_path_or_dict, device="cpu")
         else:
-            checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=device)
+            if device is None:
+                device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
+                checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path_or_dict, map_location=device)
+            else:
+                checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path_or_dict, map_location=device)
+    elif isinstance(checkpoint_path_or_dict, dict):
+        checkpoint = checkpoint_path_or_dict
 
     # Sometimes models don't have the global_step item
     if "global_step" in checkpoint:
@@ -1318,8 +1321,9 @@ def download_from_original_stable_diffusion_ckpt(
             image_size = 512
 
     if controlnet is None and "control_stage_config" in original_config.model.params:
+        path = checkpoint_path_or_dict if isinstance(checkpoint_path_or_dict, str) else ""
         controlnet = convert_controlnet_checkpoint(
-            checkpoint, original_config, checkpoint_path, image_size, upcast_attention, extract_ema
+            checkpoint, original_config, path, image_size, upcast_attention, extract_ema
         )
 
     num_train_timesteps = getattr(original_config.model.params, "timesteps", None) or 1000
@@ -1378,8 +1382,9 @@ def download_from_original_stable_diffusion_ckpt(
     # Convert the UNet2DConditionModel model.
     unet_config = create_unet_diffusers_config(original_config, image_size=image_size)
     unet_config["upcast_attention"] = upcast_attention
+    path = checkpoint_path_or_dict if isinstance(checkpoint_path_or_dict, str) else ""
     converted_unet_checkpoint = convert_ldm_unet_checkpoint(
-        checkpoint, unet_config, path=checkpoint_path, extract_ema=extract_ema
+        checkpoint, unet_config, path=path, extract_ema=extract_ema
     )
 
     ctx = init_empty_weights if is_accelerate_available() else nullcontext