diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index df2a7c6c40..b0e7ec9efc 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -1033,6 +1033,10 @@ class DiffusionPipeline(ConfigMixin, PushToHubMixin):
         # 1. Download the checkpoints and configs
         # use snapshot download here to get it working from from_pretrained
         if not os.path.isdir(pretrained_model_name_or_path):
+            if pretrained_model_name_or_path.count("/") > 1: 
+                raise ValueError(                                                                                                                                                                                                          
+                   f"The provided pretrained_model_name_or_path \"{pretrained_model_name_or_path}\""
+                   " is neither a valid local path nor a valid repo id. Please check the parameter.")
             cached_folder = cls.download(
                 pretrained_model_name_or_path,
                 cache_dir=cache_dir,