diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/hub/hooks/use-hub-model-search.ts b/studio/frontend/src/features/hub/hooks/use-hub-model-search.ts
index 4e7be09f2c..f2d072fc6c 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/hub/hooks/use-hub-model-search.ts
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/hub/hooks/use-hub-model-search.ts
@@ -217,9 +217,19 @@ function makeMapModel(
     ) {
       return null;
     }
+    // A repo cross-tagged "gguf" but that is actually a diffusers pipeline (e.g.
+    // an unsloth *-bnb-4bit image model) ships no .gguf files, so the GGUF
+    // variant expander would dead-end at "No GGUF variants found." Trust the bare
+    // tag only when the repo is not a diffusers pipeline. The "-GGUF" name suffix
+    // and real gguf metadata (populated via expand=gguf) stay authoritative.
+    const isDiffusersPipeline =
+      m.library_name?.toLowerCase() === "diffusers" ||
+      Boolean(m.tags?.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase().startsWith("diffusers:")));
     const isGguf =
-      Boolean(m.tags?.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase() === "gguf")) ||
-      isGgufLike(m.name);
+      isGgufLike(m.name) ||
+      Boolean(m.gguf) ||
+      (Boolean(m.tags?.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase() === "gguf")) &&
+        !isDiffusersPipeline);
     if (excludeGguf && isGguf) {
       return null;
     }