diff --git a/docs/source/en/quantization/overview.md b/docs/source/en/quantization/overview.md
index ef8ed444d9d49b..91c6ebd40dab4d 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/quantization/overview.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/quantization/overview.md
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ In short, supporting a wide range of quantization methods allows you to pick the
 
 Use the table below to help you decide which quantization method to use.
 
-| Quantization method                 | On the fly quantization | CPU | CUDA GPU | RoCm GPU (AMD) | Metal (Apple Silicon) | torch.compile() support | Number of bits | Supports fine-tuning (through PEFT) | Serializable with 🤗 transformers | 🤗 transformers support | Link to library                             |
-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----|----------|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
-| [AQLM](./aqlm)                                | 🔴                       |  🟢   |     🟢     | 🔴              | 🔴                     | 🟢                      | 1 / 2          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/Vahe1994/AQLM            |
-| [AWQ](./awq) | 🔴                       | 🔴   | 🟢        | 🟢              | 🔴                     | ?                       | 4              | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ    |
-| [bitsandbytes](./bitsandbytes)     | 🟢            | 🟡 *   |     🟢     | 🟡 *            | 🔴 **    | 🔴    (soon!)          | 4 / 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes |
-| [compressed-tensors](./compressed_tensors)                        | 🔴                       | 🟢   |     🟢     | 🟢              | 🔴                     | 🔴                       | 1 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/neuralmagic/compressed-tensors |
-| [EETQ](./eetq)                                | 🟢                       | 🔴   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴                     | ?                       | 8              | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/NetEase-FuXi/EETQ        |
-| GGUF / GGML (llama.cpp)             | 🟢                       | 🟢   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🟢                     | 🔴                       | 1 - 8          | 🔴                                   | [See GGUF section](../gguf)                | [See GGUF section](../gguf)                      | https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp      |
-| [GPTQ](./gptq)                                | 🔴                       | 🔴   | 🟢        | 🟢              | 🔴                     | 🔴                       | 2 - 3 - 4 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/AutoGPTQ/AutoGPTQ        |
-| [HQQ](./hqq)                                 | 🟢                       | 🟢    | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴                     | 🟢                       | 1 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🔴            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/mobiusml/hqq/            |
-| [Quanto](./quanto)                              | 🟢                       | 🟢   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🟢                     | 🟢                       | 2 / 4 / 8      | 🔴                                   | 🔴            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/huggingface/quanto       |
-| [FBGEMM_FP8](./fbgemm_fp8.md)                              | 🟢                       | 🔴    | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴                      | 🔴                        | 8      | 🔴                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/pytorch/FBGEMM       |
-| [torchao](./torchao.md)                              | 🟢                       |     | 🟢        | 🔴              | partial support (int4 weight only)       |                       | 4 / 8      |                                   | 🟢🔴           | 🟢                      | https://github.com/pytorch/ao       |
+| Quantization method                 | On the fly quantization | CPU | CUDA GPU | RoCm GPU (AMD) | Metal (Apple Silicon) | Intel GPU | torch.compile() support | Number of bits | Supports fine-tuning (through PEFT) | Serializable with 🤗 transformers | 🤗 transformers support | Link to library                             |
+|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----|----------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| [AQLM](./aqlm)                                | 🔴                       |  🟢   |     🟢     | 🔴              | 🔴                     | 🔴         | 🟢                      | 1 / 2          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/Vahe1994/AQLM            |
+| [AWQ](./awq) | 🔴                       | 🟢   | 🟢        | 🟢              | 🔴                     | 🟢         | ?                       | 4              | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ    |
+| [bitsandbytes](./bitsandbytes)     | 🟢            | 🟡 *   |     🟢     | 🟡 *            | 🔴 **    | 🟡 *       | 🔴    (soon!)          | 4 / 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes |
+| [compressed-tensors](./compressed_tensors)                        | 🔴                       | 🟢   |     🟢     | 🟢              | 🔴                     | 🔴         | 🔴                       | 1 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/neuralmagic/compressed-tensors |
+| [EETQ](./eetq)                                | 🟢                       | 🔴   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴         | 🔴                     | ?                       | 8              | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/NetEase-FuXi/EETQ        |
+| GGUF / GGML (llama.cpp)             | 🟢                       | 🟢   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🟢                     | 🔴         | 🔴                       | 1 - 8          | 🔴                                   | [See GGUF section](../gguf)                | [See GGUF section](../gguf)                      | https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp      |
+| [GPTQ](./gptq)                                | 🔴                       | 🔴   | 🟢        | 🟢              | 🔴                     | 🔴         | 🔴                       | 2 - 3 - 4 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/AutoGPTQ/AutoGPTQ        |
+| [HQQ](./hqq)                                 | 🟢                       | 🟢    | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴                     | 🔴         | 🟢                       | 1 - 8          | 🟢                                   | 🔴            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/mobiusml/hqq/            |
+| [Quanto](./quanto)                              | 🟢                       | 🟢   | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🟢                     | 🔴         | 🟢                       | 2 / 4 / 8      | 🔴                                   | 🔴            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/huggingface/quanto       |
+| [FBGEMM_FP8](./fbgemm_fp8.md)                              | 🟢                       | 🔴    | 🟢        | 🔴              | 🔴                      | 🔴         | 🔴                        | 8      | 🔴                                   | 🟢            | 🟢                      | https://github.com/pytorch/FBGEMM       |
+| [torchao](./torchao.md)                              | 🟢                       |     | 🟢        | 🔴              | partial support (int4 weight only)       | 🔴         |                       | 4 / 8      |                                   | 🟢🔴           | 🟢                      | https://github.com/pytorch/ao       |
 
 <Tip>
 
diff --git a/src/transformers/quantizers/quantizer_awq.py b/src/transformers/quantizers/quantizer_awq.py
index 18b883429c5ec5..0c14c236d26036 100644
--- a/src/transformers/quantizers/quantizer_awq.py
+++ b/src/transformers/quantizers/quantizer_awq.py
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ def validate_environment(self, device_map, **kwargs):
                 raise RuntimeError(
                     "To use IPEX backend, you need autoawq>0.6.2. Please install the latest version or from source."
                 )
-            if (
-                device_map is not None
-                and isinstance(device_map, dict)
-                and (torch.device("cpu") not in device_map.values() or len(device_map.values()) > 1)
-            ):
+            if device_map is None:
+                logger.warning_once(
+                    "You have loaded an AWQ model without setting device_map, please set 'cpu' or 'xpu' or 'auto'"
+                )
+            elif isinstance(device_map, dict) and "disk" in device_map.values():
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "You are attempting to load an IPEX version AWQ model with a device_map that contains more than CPU."
-                    " This is not supported. Please make sure only cpu in the device_map."
+                    "You are attempting to load an IPEX version AWQ model with a device_map that contains disk device."
+                    " This is not supported. Please make sure only cpu and xpu in the device_map."
                 )
         else:
             if not torch.cuda.is_available():