diff --git a/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py b/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
index 626e8373192a6c..e4b2f9be5cf3dc 100644
--- a/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
+++ b/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ def get_user_input():
     )
 
     old_processing_classes = [
-        c
+        c if not isinstance(c, tuple) else c[0]
         for c in [old_image_processor_class, old_feature_extractor_class, old_tokenizer_class, old_processor_class]
         if c is not None
     ]