diff --git a/modules/processing.py b/modules/processing.py
index 35e7b87e1..1f0c0b3b1 100644
--- a/modules/processing.py
+++ b/modules/processing.py
@@ -1104,6 +1104,13 @@ class StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img(StableDiffusionProcessing):
             info = create_infotext(self, self.all_prompts, self.all_seeds, self.all_subseeds, [], iteration=self.iteration, position_in_batch=index)
             images.save_image(image, self.outpath_samples, "", seeds[index], prompts[index], opts.samples_format, info=info, p=self, suffix="-before-highres-fix")
 
+        img2img_sampler_name = self.hr_sampler_name or self.sampler_name
+
+        if self.sampler_name in ['PLMS', 'UniPC']:  # PLMS/UniPC do not support img2img so we just silently switch to DDIM
+            img2img_sampler_name = 'DDIM'
+
+        self.sampler = sd_samplers.create_sampler(img2img_sampler_name, self.sd_model)
+
         if self.latent_scale_mode is not None:
             for i in range(samples.shape[0]):
                 save_intermediate(samples, i)
@@ -1143,13 +1150,6 @@ class StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img(StableDiffusionProcessing):
 
         shared.state.nextjob()
 
-        img2img_sampler_name = self.hr_sampler_name or self.sampler_name
-
-        if self.sampler_name in ['PLMS', 'UniPC']:  # PLMS/UniPC do not support img2img so we just silently switch to DDIM
-            img2img_sampler_name = 'DDIM'
-
-        self.sampler = sd_samplers.create_sampler(img2img_sampler_name, self.sd_model)
-
         samples = samples[:, :, self.truncate_y//2:samples.shape[2]-(self.truncate_y+1)//2, self.truncate_x//2:samples.shape[3]-(self.truncate_x+1)//2]
 
         noise = create_random_tensors(samples.shape[1:], seeds=seeds, subseeds=subseeds, subseed_strength=subseed_strength, p=self)