diff --git a/modules/processing.py b/modules/processing.py
index 4654570c..a172af0b 100644
--- a/modules/processing.py
+++ b/modules/processing.py
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img(StableDiffusionProcessing):
     def sample(self, conditioning, unconditional_conditioning, seeds, subseeds, subseed_strength, prompts):
         self.sampler = sd_samplers.create_sampler(self.sampler_name, self.sd_model)
 
-        latent_scale_mode = shared.latent_upscale_modes.get(self.hr_upscaler, None) if self.hr_upscaler is not None else shared.latent_upscale_default_mode
+        latent_scale_mode = shared.latent_upscale_modes.get(self.hr_upscaler, None) if self.hr_upscaler is not None else shared.latent_upscale_modes.get(shared.latent_upscale_default_mode, "nearest")
         if self.enable_hr and latent_scale_mode is None:
             assert len([x for x in shared.sd_upscalers if x.name == self.hr_upscaler]) > 0, f"could not find upscaler named {self.hr_upscaler}"