diff --git a/comfy/sd.py b/comfy/sd.py
index 4ba00a62ce5..e343e1fa8eb 100644
--- a/comfy/sd.py
+++ b/comfy/sd.py
@@ -563,24 +563,32 @@ def load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, o
     return (model_patcher, clip, vae, clipvision)
 
 
-def load_unet_state_dict(sd): #load unet in diffusers format
+def load_unet_state_dict(sd): #load unet in diffusers or regular format
+
+    #Allow loading unets from checkpoint files
+    checkpoint = False
+    diffusion_model_prefix = model_detection.unet_prefix_from_state_dict(sd)
+    temp_sd = comfy.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {diffusion_model_prefix: ""}, filter_keys=True)
+    if len(temp_sd) > 0:
+        sd = temp_sd
+        checkpoint = True
+
     parameters = comfy.utils.calculate_parameters(sd)
     unet_dtype = model_management.unet_dtype(model_params=parameters)
     load_device = model_management.get_torch_device()
 
-    if 'transformer_blocks.0.attn.add_q_proj.weight' in sd: #MMDIT SD3
+    if checkpoint or "input_blocks.0.0.weight" in sd or 'clf.1.weight' in sd: #ldm or stable cascade
+        model_config = model_detection.model_config_from_unet(sd, "")
+        if model_config is None:
+            return None
+        new_sd = sd
+    elif 'transformer_blocks.0.attn.add_q_proj.weight' in sd: #MMDIT SD3
         new_sd = model_detection.convert_diffusers_mmdit(sd, "")
         if new_sd is None:
             return None
         model_config = model_detection.model_config_from_unet(new_sd, "")
         if model_config is None:
             return None
-    elif "input_blocks.0.0.weight" in sd or 'clf.1.weight' in sd: #ldm or stable cascade
-        model_config = model_detection.model_config_from_unet(sd, "")
-        if model_config is None:
-            return None
-        new_sd = sd
-
     else: #diffusers
         model_config = model_detection.model_config_from_diffusers_unet(sd)
         if model_config is None: