diff --git a/modules/prompt_parser_diffusers.py b/modules/prompt_parser_diffusers.py
index 5fe559353..c44c5652f 100644
--- a/modules/prompt_parser_diffusers.py
+++ b/modules/prompt_parser_diffusers.py
@@ -216,17 +216,16 @@ def prepare_embedding_providers(pipe, clip_skip) -> list[EmbeddingsProvider]:
 
 
 def pad_to_same_length(pipe, embeds):
-    if not hasattr(pipe, 'encode_prompt') and not (hasattr(pipe, "prior_pipe") and hasattr(pipe.prior_pipe, "encode_prompt")):
+    if not hasattr(pipe, 'encode_prompt') and 'StableCascade' not in pipe.__class__.__name__:
         return embeds
     device = pipe.device if str(pipe.device) != 'meta' else devices.device
-    try:
-        if getattr(pipe, "prior_pipe", None) and getattr(pipe.prior_pipe, "text_encoder", None) is not None: # Cascade
-            empty_embed = pipe.prior_pipe.encode_prompt(device, 1, 1, False, "")
-            empty_embed = [torch.zeros(empty_embed[0].shape, device=empty_embed[0].device, dtype=empty_embed[0].dtype)]
-        else: # SDXL
+    if shared.opts.diffusers_empty_prompt_pad or 'StableCascade' in pipe.__class__.__name__:
+        empty_embed = [torch.empty((1, 77, embeds[0].shape[2]), device=device, dtype=embeds[0].dtype)]
+    else:
+        try:
             empty_embed = pipe.encode_prompt("")
-    except TypeError:  # SD1.5
-        empty_embed = pipe.encode_prompt("", device, 1, False)
+        except TypeError:  # SD1.5
+            empty_embed = pipe.encode_prompt("", device, 1, False)
     max_token_count = max([embed.shape[1] for embed in embeds])
     repeats = max_token_count - min([embed.shape[1] for embed in embeds])
     empty_batched = empty_embed[0].to(embeds[0].device).repeat(embeds[0].shape[0], repeats // empty_embed[0].shape[1], 1)
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index f7395ce47..ce5f82b4e 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('diffusers', "Diffusers Settings"), {
     "disable_accelerate": OptionInfo(False, "Disable accelerate"),
     "diffusers_force_zeros": OptionInfo(False, "Force zeros for prompts when empty", gr.Checkbox, {"visible": False}),
     "diffusers_pooled": OptionInfo("default", "Diffusers SDXL pooled embeds", gr.Radio, {"choices": ['default', 'weighted']}),
+    "diffusers_empty_prompt_pad": OptionInfo(False, "Use empty values for prompt padding", gr.Checkbox),
     "huggingface_token": OptionInfo('', 'HuggingFace token'),
 
     "onnx_sep": OptionInfo("<h2>ONNX Runtime</h2>", "", gr.HTML),