diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index b904920f1cd4..5c35760a9370 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 import hashlib
+import inspect
 import itertools
 import math
 import os
@@ -680,10 +681,18 @@ def main(args):
 
                 if global_step % args.save_steps == 0:
                     if accelerator.is_main_process:
+                        # newer versions of accelerate allow the 'keep_fp32_wrapper' arg. without passing
+                        # it, the models will be unwrapped, and when they are then used for further training,
+                        # we will crash. pass this, but only to newer versions of accelerate. fixes
+                        # https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/issues/1566
+                        accepts_keep_fp32_wrapper = "keep_fp32_wrapper" in set(
+                            inspect.signature(accelerator.unwrap_model).parameters.keys()
+                        )
+                        extra_args = {"keep_fp32_wrapper": True} if accepts_keep_fp32_wrapper else {}
                         pipeline = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
                             args.pretrained_model_name_or_path,
-                            unet=accelerator.unwrap_model(unet),
-                            text_encoder=accelerator.unwrap_model(text_encoder),
+                            unet=accelerator.unwrap_model(unet, **extra_args),
+                            text_encoder=accelerator.unwrap_model(text_encoder, **extra_args),
                             revision=args.revision,
                         )
                         save_path = os.path.join(args.output_dir, f"checkpoint-{global_step}")