diff --git a/modules/models/diffusion/ddpm_edit.py b/modules/models/diffusion/ddpm_edit.py
index b892d5fc7..6db340da4 100644
--- a/modules/models/diffusion/ddpm_edit.py
+++ b/modules/models/diffusion/ddpm_edit.py
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ from pytorch_lightning.utilities.distributed import rank_zero_only
 from ldm.util import log_txt_as_img, exists, default, ismap, isimage, mean_flat, count_params, instantiate_from_config
 from ldm.modules.ema import LitEma
 from ldm.modules.distributions.distributions import normal_kl, DiagonalGaussianDistribution
-from ldm.models.autoencoder import VQModelInterface, IdentityFirstStage, AutoencoderKL
+from ldm.models.autoencoder import IdentityFirstStage, AutoencoderKL
 from ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.util import make_beta_schedule, extract_into_tensor, noise_like
 from ldm.models.diffusion.ddim import DDIMSampler
 
+try:
+    from ldm.models.autoencoder import VQModelInterface
+except Exception:
+    class VQModelInterface:
+        pass
 
 __conditioning_keys__ = {'concat': 'c_concat',
                          'crossattn': 'c_crossattn',