diff --git a/comfy/model_patcher.py b/comfy/model_patcher.py
index 2ea14bc2c..4f9d8403e 100644
--- a/comfy/model_patcher.py
+++ b/comfy/model_patcher.py
@@ -1493,27 +1493,30 @@ class ModelPatcher:
         self.unpatch_hooks()
         self.clear_cached_hook_weights()
 
-    def state_dict_for_saving(self, clip_state_dict=None, vae_state_dict=None, clip_vision_state_dict=None):
-        original_state_dict = self.model.diffusion_model.state_dict()
-        unet_state_dict = {}
+    def model_state_dict_for_saving(self, model=None, prefix=""):
+        if model is None:
+            model = self.model
+
+        original_state_dict = model.state_dict()
+        output_state_dict = {}
         keys = list(original_state_dict)
         while len(keys) > 0:
             k = keys.pop(0)
             v = original_state_dict[k]
             op_keys = k.rsplit('.', 1)
             if (len(op_keys) < 2) or op_keys[1] not in ["weight", "bias"]:
-                unet_state_dict[k] = v
+                output_state_dict[k] = v
                 continue
             try:
-                op = comfy.utils.get_attr(self.model.diffusion_model, op_keys[0])
+                op = comfy.utils.get_attr(model, op_keys[0])
             except:
-                unet_state_dict[k] = v
+                output_state_dict[k] = v
                 continue
             if not op or not hasattr(op, "comfy_cast_weights") or \
                 (hasattr(op, "comfy_patched_weights") and op.comfy_patched_weights == True):
-                unet_state_dict[k] = v
+                output_state_dict[k] = v
                 continue
-            key = "diffusion_model." + k
+            key = prefix + k
             weight = comfy.utils.get_attr(self.model, key)
             if isinstance(weight, QuantizedTensor) and k in original_state_dict:
                 qt_state_dict = weight.state_dict(k)
@@ -1521,10 +1524,14 @@ class ModelPatcher:
                 for group_key in (x for x in qt_state_dict if x in original_state_dict):
                     if group_key in keys:
                         keys.remove(group_key)
-                    unet_state_dict.pop(group_key, "")
-                    unet_state_dict[group_key] = LazyCastingParamPiece(caster, "diffusion_model." + group_key, original_state_dict[group_key])
+                    output_state_dict.pop(group_key, "")
+                    output_state_dict[group_key] = LazyCastingParamPiece(caster, prefix + group_key, original_state_dict[group_key])
                 continue
-            unet_state_dict[k] = LazyCastingParam(self, key, weight)
+            output_state_dict[k] = LazyCastingParam(self, key, weight)
+        return output_state_dict
+
+    def state_dict_for_saving(self, clip_state_dict=None, vae_state_dict=None, clip_vision_state_dict=None):
+        unet_state_dict = self.model_state_dict_for_saving(self.model.diffusion_model, "diffusion_model.")
         return self.model.state_dict_for_saving(unet_state_dict, clip_state_dict=clip_state_dict, vae_state_dict=vae_state_dict, clip_vision_state_dict=clip_vision_state_dict)
 
     def __del__(self):
diff --git a/comfy/sd.py b/comfy/sd.py
index 1391dfad7..2443353a4 100644
--- a/comfy/sd.py
+++ b/comfy/sd.py
@@ -423,6 +423,13 @@ class CLIP:
             sd_clip[k] = sd_tokenizer[k]
         return sd_clip
 
+    def state_dict_for_saving(self):
+        sd_clip = self.patcher.model_state_dict_for_saving()
+        sd_tokenizer = self.tokenizer.state_dict()
+        for k in sd_tokenizer:
+            sd_clip[k] = sd_tokenizer[k]
+        return sd_clip
+
     def load_model(self, tokens={}):
         memory_used = 0
         if hasattr(self.cond_stage_model, "memory_estimation_function"):
@@ -1908,7 +1915,7 @@ def save_checkpoint(output_path, model, clip=None, vae=None, clip_vision=None, m
     load_models = [model]
     if clip is not None:
         load_models.append(clip.load_model())
-        clip_sd = clip.get_sd()
+        clip_sd = clip.state_dict_for_saving()
     vae_sd = None
     if vae is not None:
         vae_sd = vae.get_sd()
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
index 5384ed531..b6b29e34a 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ class CLIPSave:
                 for x in extra_pnginfo:
                     metadata[x] = json.dumps(extra_pnginfo[x])
 
-        comfy.model_management.load_models_gpu([clip.load_model()], force_patch_weights=True)
-        clip_sd = clip.get_sd()
+        clip.load_model()
+        clip_sd = clip.state_dict_for_saving()
 
         for prefix in ["clip_l.", "clip_g.", "clip_h.", "t5xxl.", "pile_t5xl.", "mt5xl.", "umt5xxl.", "t5base.", "gemma2_2b.", "llama.", "hydit_clip.", ""]:
             k = list(filter(lambda a: a.startswith(prefix), clip_sd.keys()))