diff --git a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix_sdxl.py b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix_sdxl.py
index 7a158f5d0d2d..cab16a633369 100644
--- a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix_sdxl.py
+++ b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix_sdxl.py
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ def collate_fn(examples):
             progress_bar.set_postfix(**logs)
 
             ### BEGIN: Perform validation every `validation_epochs` steps
-            if global_step % args.validation_steps == 0 or global_step == 1:
+            if global_step % args.validation_steps == 0:
                 if (args.val_image_url_or_path is not None) and (args.validation_prompt is not None):
                     logger.info(
                         f"Running validation... \n Generating {args.num_validation_images} images with prompt:"
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion_xl/pipeline_stable_diffusion_xl_instruct_pix2pix.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion_xl/pipeline_stable_diffusion_xl_instruct_pix2pix.py
index b06363cffd69..b653d8e9f778 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion_xl/pipeline_stable_diffusion_xl_instruct_pix2pix.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/stable_diffusion_xl/pipeline_stable_diffusion_xl_instruct_pix2pix.py
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ def __call__(
         )
 
         # 4. Preprocess image
-        image = self.image_processor.preprocess(image).to(device)
+        image = self.image_processor.preprocess(image, height=height, width=width).to(device)
 
         # 5. Prepare timesteps
         self.scheduler.set_timesteps(num_inference_steps, device=device)