diff --git a/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/chroma/src/model.py b/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/chroma/src/model.py
index 3b6c29bb..33cdbe62 100644
--- a/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/chroma/src/model.py
+++ b/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/chroma/src/model.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class Chroma(nn.Module):
         self.params = params
         self.in_channels = params.in_channels
         self.out_channels = self.in_channels
+        self.gradient_checkpointing = False
         if params.hidden_size % params.num_heads != 0:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Hidden size {params.hidden_size} must be divisible by num_heads {params.num_heads}"
@@ -162,11 +163,14 @@ class Chroma(nn.Module):
             torch.tensor(list(range(self.mod_index_length)), device="cpu"),
             persistent=False,
         )
-
+    
     @property
     def device(self):
         # Get the device of the module (assumes all parameters are on the same device)
         return next(self.parameters()).device
+    
+    def enable_gradient_checkpointing(self, enable: bool = True):
+        self.gradient_checkpointing = enable
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -246,8 +250,7 @@ class Chroma(nn.Module):
             txt_mod = mod_vectors_dict[f"double_blocks.{i}.txt_mod.lin"]
             double_mod = [img_mod, txt_mod]
 
-            # just in case in different GPU for simple pipeline parallel
-            if self.training:
+            if torch.is_grad_enabled() and self.gradient_checkpointing:
                 img.requires_grad_(True)
                 img, txt = ckpt.checkpoint(
                     block, img, txt, pe, double_mod, txt_img_mask
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ class Chroma(nn.Module):
         img = torch.cat((txt, img), 1)
         for i, block in enumerate(self.single_blocks):
             single_mod = mod_vectors_dict[f"single_blocks.{i}.modulation.lin"]
-            if self.training:
+            if torch.is_grad_enabled() and self.gradient_checkpointing:
                 img.requires_grad_(True)
                 img = ckpt.checkpoint(block, img, pe, single_mod, txt_img_mask)
             else: