diff --git a/library/sdxl_model_util.py b/library/sdxl_model_util.py
index a7f03afe1..f490dfac8 100644
--- a/library/sdxl_model_util.py
+++ b/library/sdxl_model_util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import torch
+from accelerate import init_empty_weights
+from accelerate.utils.modeling import set_module_tensor_to_device
 from safetensors.torch import load_file, save_file
 from transformers import CLIPTextModel, CLIPTextConfig, CLIPTextModelWithProjection, CLIPTokenizer
+from typing import List
 from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, EulerDiscreteScheduler, UNet2DConditionModel
 from library import model_util
 from library import sdxl_original_unet
@@ -133,13 +136,43 @@ def convert_key(key):
     return new_sd, logit_scale
 
 
-def load_models_from_sdxl_checkpoint(model_version, ckpt_path, map_location):
+def _load_state_dict(model, state_dict, device, dtype=None):
+    # dtype will use fp32 as default
+    missing_keys = list(model.state_dict().keys() - state_dict.keys())
+    unexpected_keys = list(state_dict.keys() - model.state_dict().keys())
+
+    # similar to model.load_state_dict()
+    if not missing_keys and not unexpected_keys:
+        for k in list(state_dict.keys()):
+            set_module_tensor_to_device(model, k, device, value=state_dict.pop(k), dtype=dtype)
+        return '<All keys matched successfully>'
+
+    # error_msgs
+    error_msgs: List[str] = []
+    if missing_keys:
+        error_msgs.insert(
+            0, 'Missing key(s) in state_dict: {}. '.format(
+                ', '.join('"{}"'.format(k) for k in missing_keys)))
+    if unexpected_keys:
+        error_msgs.insert(
+            0, 'Unexpected key(s) in state_dict: {}. '.format(
+                ', '.join('"{}"'.format(k) for k in unexpected_keys)))
+
+    raise RuntimeError('Error(s) in loading state_dict for {}:\n\t{}'.format(
+                           model.__class__.__name__, "\n\t".join(error_msgs)))
+
+
+def load_models_from_sdxl_checkpoint(model_version, ckpt_path, map_location, dtype=None):
     # model_version is reserved for future use
+    # dtype is reserved for full_fp16/bf16 integration
 
     # Load the state dict
     if model_util.is_safetensors(ckpt_path):
         checkpoint = None
-        state_dict = load_file(ckpt_path, device=map_location)
+        try:
+            state_dict = load_file(ckpt_path, device=map_location)
+        except:
+            state_dict = load_file(ckpt_path)   # prevent device invalid Error
         epoch = None
         global_step = None
     else:
@@ -156,16 +189,16 @@ def load_models_from_sdxl_checkpoint(model_version, ckpt_path, map_location):
 
     # U-Net
     print("building U-Net")
-    unet = sdxl_original_unet.SdxlUNet2DConditionModel()
+    with init_empty_weights():
+        unet = sdxl_original_unet.SdxlUNet2DConditionModel()
 
     print("loading U-Net from checkpoint")
     unet_sd = {}
     for k in list(state_dict.keys()):
         if k.startswith("model.diffusion_model."):
             unet_sd[k.replace("model.diffusion_model.", "")] = state_dict.pop(k)
-    info = unet.load_state_dict(unet_sd)
+    info = _load_state_dict(unet, unet_sd, device=map_location)
     print("U-Net: ", info)
-    del unet_sd
 
     # Text Encoders
     print("building text encoders")
diff --git a/library/sdxl_train_util.py b/library/sdxl_train_util.py
index 6ff0d48f5..ebcc3d399 100644
--- a/library/sdxl_train_util.py
+++ b/library/sdxl_train_util.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 from typing import Optional
 import torch
+from accelerate import init_empty_weights
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from transformers import CLIPTokenizer
 from library import model_util, sdxl_model_util, train_util, sdxl_original_unet
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def _load_target_model(name_or_path: str, vae_path: Optional[str], model_version
             unet,
             logit_scale,
             ckpt_info,
-        ) = sdxl_model_util.load_models_from_sdxl_checkpoint(model_version, name_or_path, device)
+        ) = sdxl_model_util.load_models_from_sdxl_checkpoint(model_version, name_or_path, device, weight_dtype)
     else:
         # Diffusers model is loaded to CPU
         from diffusers import StableDiffusionXLPipeline
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ def _load_target_model(name_or_path: str, vae_path: Optional[str], model_version
         print(f"load Diffusers pretrained models: {name_or_path}, variant={variant}")
         try:
             try:
-                pipe = StableDiffusionXLPipeline.from_pretrained(name_or_path, variant=variant, tokenizer=None)
+                pipe = StableDiffusionXLPipeline.from_pretrained(name_or_path, torch_dtype=weight_dtype, variant=variant, tokenizer=None)
             except EnvironmentError as ex:
                 if variant is not None:
                     print("try to load fp32 model")
@@ -95,10 +96,10 @@ def _load_target_model(name_or_path: str, vae_path: Optional[str], model_version
         del pipe
 
         # Diffusers U-Net to original U-Net
-        original_unet = sdxl_original_unet.SdxlUNet2DConditionModel()
         state_dict = sdxl_model_util.convert_diffusers_unet_state_dict_to_sdxl(unet.state_dict())
-        original_unet.load_state_dict(state_dict)
-        unet = original_unet
+        with init_empty_weights():
+            unet = sdxl_original_unet.SdxlUNet2DConditionModel()
+        sdxl_model_util._load_state_dict(unet, state_dict, device=device)
         print("U-Net converted to original U-Net")
 
         logit_scale = None