diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/controlnet/pipeline_controlnet_img2img.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/controlnet/pipeline_controlnet_img2img.py
index 3ea16eb84fc8..c916dc02b1d2 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/controlnet/pipeline_controlnet_img2img.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/controlnet/pipeline_controlnet_img2img.py
@@ -478,11 +478,22 @@ def encode_image(self, image, device, num_images_per_prompt):
             image = self.feature_extractor(image, return_tensors="pt").pixel_values
 
         image = image.to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
-        image_embeds = self.image_encoder(image).image_embeds
-        image_embeds = image_embeds.repeat_interleave(num_images_per_prompt, dim=0)
+        if output_hidden_states:
+            image_enc_hidden_states = self.image_encoder(image, output_hidden_states=True).hidden_states[-2]
+            image_enc_hidden_states = image_enc_hidden_states.repeat_interleave(num_images_per_prompt, dim=0)
+            uncond_image_enc_hidden_states = self.image_encoder(
+                torch.zeros_like(image), output_hidden_states=True
+            ).hidden_states[-2]
+            uncond_image_enc_hidden_states = uncond_image_enc_hidden_states.repeat_interleave(
+                num_images_per_prompt, dim=0
+            )
+            return image_enc_hidden_states, uncond_image_enc_hidden_states
+        else:
+            image_embeds = self.image_encoder(image).image_embeds
+            image_embeds = image_embeds.repeat_interleave(num_images_per_prompt, dim=0)
+            uncond_image_embeds = torch.zeros_like(image_embeds)
 
-        uncond_image_embeds = torch.zeros_like(image_embeds)
-        return image_embeds, uncond_image_embeds
+            return image_embeds, uncond_image_embeds
 
     # Copied from diffusers.pipelines.stable_diffusion.pipeline_stable_diffusion.StableDiffusionPipeline.run_safety_checker
     def run_safety_checker(self, image, device, dtype):