diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/configs/controlnet.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/configs/controlnet.py
index 630e81fd243..b3b84cabba4 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/configs/controlnet.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/configs/controlnet.py
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ def from_model_on_disk(cls, mod: ModelOnDisk, override_fields: dict[str, Any]) -
 
         cls._validate_base(mod)
 
-        return cls(**override_fields)
+        repo_variant = {"repo_variant": override_fields.get("repo_variant", cls._get_repo_variant_or_raise(mod))}
+        args = override_fields | repo_variant
+        return cls(**args)
 
     @classmethod
     def _validate_base(cls, mod: ModelOnDisk) -> None: