diff --git a/src/diffusers/quantizers/gguf/utils.py b/src/diffusers/quantizers/gguf/utils.py
index adb429688723..e0ad0e1cce42 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/quantizers/gguf/utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/quantizers/gguf/utils.py
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ def dequantize_gguf_tensor(tensor):
 
     block_size, type_size = GGML_QUANT_SIZES[quant_type]
 
+    # Conver to plain tensor to avoid unnecessary __torch_function__ overhead.
+    tensor = tensor.as_tensor()
+
     tensor = tensor.view(torch.uint8)
     shape = _quant_shape_from_byte_shape(tensor.shape, type_size, block_size)
 
@@ -525,7 +528,7 @@ def dequantize_gguf_tensor(tensor):
     dequant = dequant_fn(blocks, block_size, type_size)
     dequant = dequant.reshape(shape)
 
-    return dequant.as_tensor()
+    return dequant
 
 
 class GGUFParameter(torch.nn.Parameter):