diff --git a/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py b/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
index e31af9847811..b71a1ea959ed 100644
--- a/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py
@@ -832,11 +832,6 @@ def _get_dtype(
     return config, main_dtype
 
 
-class PipelineParallel(Enum):
-    inputs = 0
-    outputs = 1
-
-
 class ModuleUtilsMixin:
     """
     A few utilities for `torch.nn.Modules`, to be used as a mixin.
@@ -1155,7 +1150,7 @@ class PreTrainedModel(nn.Module, EmbeddingAccessMixin, ModuleUtilsMixin, PushToH
     # A pipeline parallel plan specifying the layers which may not be present on all ranks when PP is enabled. For top-level
     # models, this attribute is currently defined in respective model code. For base models, it comes from
     # `config.base_model_pp_plan` during `post_init`.
-    _pp_plan: dict[str, PipelineParallel] | None = None
+    _pp_plan: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = None
 
     # Advanced functionalities support
     supports_gradient_checkpointing: bool = False
@@ -1380,7 +1375,13 @@ def tp_plan(self, plan: dict[str, str] | None):
         self._tp_plan = plan
 
     @pp_plan.setter
-    def pp_plan(self, plan: dict[str, tuple[str, str]]):
+    def pp_plan(self, plan: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] | None):
+        if plan is None:
+            self._pp_plan = {}
+            return
+        if not isinstance(plan, dict):
+            raise ValueError("Can only set a dictionary as `pp_plan`")
+
         self._pp_plan = plan
 
     def dequantize(self, dtype=None):
@@ -4385,12 +4386,14 @@ def supports_tp_plan(self):
         """
         Returns whether the model has a tensor parallelism plan.
         """
-        if self._tp_plan is not None:
+        # Check if model has a TP plan
+        if self._tp_plan:
             return True
         # Check if base model has a TP plan
-        if getattr(self.base_model, "_tp_plan", None) is not None:
+        if self.base_model._tp_plan:
             return True
-        if self.config.base_model_tp_plan is not None:
+        # Check if config has TP plan
+        if self.config.base_model_tp_plan:
             return True
         return False
 
@@ -4404,10 +4407,14 @@ def tp_size(self):
 
     @property
     def supports_pp_plan(self):
-        if self._pp_plan is not None:
+        # Check if model has a PP plan
+        if self._pp_plan:
             return True
         # Check if base model has PP plan
-        if getattr(self.base_model, "_pp_plan", None) is not None:
+        if self.base_model._pp_plan:
+            return True
+        # Check if config has PP plan
+        if self.config.base_model_pp_plan:
             return True
         return False