diff --git a/tests/backend/patches/test_lora_patcher.py b/tests/backend/patches/test_lora_patcher.py
index 5561e882fb..dd250b6535 100644
--- a/tests/backend/patches/test_lora_patcher.py
+++ b/tests/backend/patches/test_lora_patcher.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import pytest
 import torch
 
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.load.model_cache.cached_model.cached_model_with_partial_load import (
+    CachedModelWithPartialLoad,
+)
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.lora_layer import LoRALayer
 from invokeai.backend.patches.model_patch_raw import ModelPatchRaw
 from invokeai.backend.patches.model_patcher import LayerPatcher
+from invokeai.backend.patches.sidecar_wrappers.base_sidecar_wrapper import BaseSidecarWrapper
 
 
 class DummyModuleWithOneLayer(torch.nn.Module):
@@ -220,10 +224,79 @@ def test_apply_smart_model_patches(device: str, num_layers: int):
     assert torch.allclose(output_before_patch, output_after_patch)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(["num_layers"], [(1,), (2,)])
+@torch.no_grad()
+def test_apply_smart_lora_patches_to_partially_loaded_model(num_layers: int):
+    """Test the behavior of ModelPatcher.apply_smart_lora_patches(...) when it is applied to a
+    CachedModelWithPartialLoad that is partially loaded into VRAM.
+    """
+
+    if not torch.cuda.is_available():
+        pytest.skip("requires CUDA device")
+
+    # Initialize the model on the CPU.
+    dtype = torch.float16
+    linear_in_features = 4
+    linear_out_features = 8
+    lora_rank = 2
+    model = DummyModuleWithTwoLayers(linear_in_features, linear_out_features, device="cpu", dtype=dtype)
+    cached_model = CachedModelWithPartialLoad(model=model, compute_device=torch.device("cuda"))
+    model_total_bytes = cached_model.total_bytes()
+    assert cached_model.cur_vram_bytes() == 0
+
+    # Partially load the model into VRAM.
+    target_vram_bytes = int(model_total_bytes * 0.6)
+    _ = cached_model.partial_load_to_vram(target_vram_bytes)
+    assert cached_model.model.linear_layer_1.weight.device.type == "cuda"
+    assert cached_model.model.linear_layer_2.weight.device.type == "cpu"
+
+    # Initialize num_layers LoRA models with weights of 0.5.
+    lora_weight = 0.5
+    lora_models: list[tuple[ModelPatchRaw, float]] = []
+    for _ in range(num_layers):
+        lora_layers = {
+            "linear_layer_1": LoRALayer.from_state_dict_values(
+                values={
+                    "lora_down.weight": torch.ones((lora_rank, linear_in_features), device="cpu", dtype=torch.float16),
+                    "lora_up.weight": torch.ones((linear_out_features, lora_rank), device="cpu", dtype=torch.float16),
+                },
+            ),
+            "linear_layer_2": LoRALayer.from_state_dict_values(
+                values={
+                    "lora_down.weight": torch.ones((lora_rank, linear_out_features), device="cpu", dtype=torch.float16),
+                    "lora_up.weight": torch.ones((linear_out_features, lora_rank), device="cpu", dtype=torch.float16),
+                },
+            ),
+        }
+        lora = ModelPatchRaw(lora_layers)
+        lora_models.append((lora, lora_weight))
+
+    # Run inference before patching the model.
+    input = torch.randn(1, linear_in_features, device="cuda", dtype=dtype)
+    output_before_patch = cached_model.model(input)
+
+    # Patch the model and run inference during the patch.
+    with LayerPatcher.apply_smart_model_patches(model=cached_model.model, patches=lora_models, prefix="", dtype=dtype):
+        # Check that the second layer is wrapped in a LoRASidecarWrapper, but the first layer is not.
+        assert not isinstance(cached_model.model.linear_layer_1, BaseSidecarWrapper)
+        assert isinstance(cached_model.model.linear_layer_2, BaseSidecarWrapper)
+
+        output_during_patch = cached_model.model(input)
+
+    # Run inference after unpatching.
+    output_after_patch = cached_model.model(input)
+
+    # Check that the output before patching is different from the output during patching.
+    assert not torch.allclose(output_before_patch, output_during_patch)
+
+    # Check that the output before patching is the same as the output after patching.
+    assert torch.allclose(output_before_patch, output_after_patch)
+
+
 @torch.no_grad()
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(["num_layers"], [(1,), (2,)])
-def test_apply_lora_sidecar_patches_matches_apply_lora_patches(num_layers: int):
-    """Test that apply_lora_sidecar_patches(...) produces the same model outputs as apply_lora_patches(...)."""
+def test_apply_model_sidecar_patches_matches_apply_model_patches(num_layers: int):
+    """Test that apply_model_sidecar_patches(...) produces the same model outputs as apply__patches(...)."""
     dtype = torch.float32
     linear_in_features = 4
     linear_out_features = 8
@@ -253,6 +326,10 @@ def test_apply_lora_sidecar_patches_matches_apply_lora_patches(num_layers: int):
     with LayerPatcher.apply_model_sidecar_patches(model=model, patches=lora_models, prefix="", dtype=dtype):
         output_lora_sidecar_patches = model(input)
 
+    with LayerPatcher.apply_smart_model_patches(model=model, patches=lora_models, prefix="", dtype=dtype):
+        output_smart_lora_patches = model(input)
+
     # Note: We set atol=1e-5 because the test failed occasionally with the default atol=1e-8. Slight numerical
     # differences are tolerable and expected due to the difference between sidecar vs. patching.
     assert torch.allclose(output_lora_patches, output_lora_sidecar_patches, atol=1e-5)
+    assert torch.allclose(output_lora_patches, output_smart_lora_patches, atol=1e-5)