diff --git a/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/zero_module.py b/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/zero_module.py
index 53a21861a93..b3a0f88b17b 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/zero_module.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/flux/controlnet/zero_module.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 def zero_module(module: T) -> T:
     """Initialize the parameters of a module to zero."""
-    for p in module.parameters():
-        torch.nn.init.zeros_(p)
+    # Vectorized zero-ing of parameters for efficiency
+    params = list(module.parameters())
+    if params:
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            for p in params:
+                p.zero_()
     return module