diff --git a/examples/community/stable_diffusion_controlnet_img2img.py b/examples/community/stable_diffusion_controlnet_img2img.py
index 5aa5e47c6578..51533a92d84a 100644
--- a/examples/community/stable_diffusion_controlnet_img2img.py
+++ b/examples/community/stable_diffusion_controlnet_img2img.py
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ def check_inputs(
         prompt_embeds=None,
         negative_prompt_embeds=None,
         strength=None,
+        controlnet_guidance_start=None,
+        controlnet_guidance_end=None,
     ):
         if height % 8 != 0 or width % 8 != 0:
             raise ValueError(f"`height` and `width` have to be divisible by 8 but are {height} and {width}.")
@@ -542,7 +544,23 @@ def check_inputs(
             )
 
         if strength < 0 or strength > 1:
-            raise ValueError(f"The value of strength should in [0.0, 1.0] but is {strength}")
+            raise ValueError(f"The value of `strength` should in [0.0, 1.0] but is {strength}")
+
+        if controlnet_guidance_start < 0 or controlnet_guidance_start > 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"The value of `controlnet_guidance_start` should in [0.0, 1.0] but is {controlnet_guidance_start}"
+            )
+
+        if controlnet_guidance_end < 0 or controlnet_guidance_end > 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"The value of `controlnet_guidance_end` should in [0.0, 1.0] but is {controlnet_guidance_end}"
+            )
+
+        if controlnet_guidance_start > controlnet_guidance_end:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The value of `controlnet_guidance_start` should be less than `controlnet_guidance_end`, but got"
+                f" `controlnet_guidance_start` {controlnet_guidance_start} >= `controlnet_guidance_end` {controlnet_guidance_end}"
+            )
 
     def get_timesteps(self, num_inference_steps, strength, device):
         # get the original timestep using init_timestep
@@ -643,6 +661,8 @@ def __call__(
         callback_steps: int = 1,
         cross_attention_kwargs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         controlnet_conditioning_scale: float = 1.0,
+        controlnet_guidance_start: float = 0.0,
+        controlnet_guidance_end: float = 1.0,
     ):
         r"""
         Function invoked when calling the pipeline for generation.
@@ -719,6 +739,11 @@ def __call__(
             controlnet_conditioning_scale (`float`, *optional*, defaults to 1.0):
                 The outputs of the controlnet are multiplied by `controlnet_conditioning_scale` before they are added
                 to the residual in the original unet.
+            controlnet_guidance_start ('float', *optional*, defaults to 0.0):
+                The percentage of total steps the controlnet starts applying. Must be between 0 and 1.
+            controlnet_guidance_end ('float', *optional*, defaults to 1.0):
+                The percentage of total steps the controlnet ends applying. Must be between 0 and 1. Must be greater
+                than `controlnet_guidance_start`.
 
         Examples:
 
@@ -745,6 +770,8 @@ def __call__(
             prompt_embeds,
             negative_prompt_embeds,
             strength,
+            controlnet_guidance_start,
+            controlnet_guidance_end,
         )
 
         # 2. Define call parameters
@@ -820,19 +847,31 @@ def __call__(
 
                 latent_model_input = self.scheduler.scale_model_input(latent_model_input, t)
 
-                down_block_res_samples, mid_block_res_sample = self.controlnet(
-                    latent_model_input,
-                    t,
-                    encoder_hidden_states=prompt_embeds,
-                    controlnet_cond=controlnet_conditioning_image,
-                    return_dict=False,
-                )
-
-                down_block_res_samples = [
-                    down_block_res_sample * controlnet_conditioning_scale
-                    for down_block_res_sample in down_block_res_samples
-                ]
-                mid_block_res_sample *= controlnet_conditioning_scale
+                # compute the percentage of total steps we are at
+                current_sampling_percent = i / len(timesteps)
+
+                if (
+                    current_sampling_percent < controlnet_guidance_start
+                    or current_sampling_percent > controlnet_guidance_end
+                ):
+                    # do not apply the controlnet
+                    down_block_res_samples = None
+                    mid_block_res_sample = None
+                else:
+                    # apply the controlnet
+                    down_block_res_samples, mid_block_res_sample = self.controlnet(
+                        latent_model_input,
+                        t,
+                        encoder_hidden_states=prompt_embeds,
+                        controlnet_cond=controlnet_conditioning_image,
+                        return_dict=False,
+                    )
+
+                    down_block_res_samples = [
+                        down_block_res_sample * controlnet_conditioning_scale
+                        for down_block_res_sample in down_block_res_samples
+                    ]
+                    mid_block_res_sample *= controlnet_conditioning_scale
 
                 # predict the noise residual
                 noise_pred = self.unet(