diff --git a/invokeai/backend/flux/trajectory_guidance_extension.py b/invokeai/backend/flux/trajectory_guidance_extension.py
index 9b779e3338..b6329a1b6b 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/flux/trajectory_guidance_extension.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/flux/trajectory_guidance_extension.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class TrajectoryGuidanceExtension:
         """
         assert 0.0 <= trajectory_guidance_strength <= 1.0
         self._init_latents = init_latents
-        self._trajectory_guidance_strength = trajectory_guidance_strength
         if inpaint_mask is None:
             # The inpaing mask is None, so we initialize a mask with a single value of 1.0.
             # This value will be broadcasted and treated as a mask of all 1s.
@@ -57,6 +56,13 @@ class TrajectoryGuidanceExtension:
         else:
             self._inpaint_mask = inpaint_mask
 
+        # Calculate the params that define the trajectory guidance schedule.
+        # These mappings from trajectory_guidance_strength have no theoretical basis - they were tuned manually.
+        self._trajectory_guidance_strength = trajectory_guidance_strength
+        self._change_ratio_at_t_1 = build_line(x1=0.0, y1=1.0, x2=1.0, y2=0.0)(self._trajectory_guidance_strength)
+        self._change_ratio_at_cutoff = 1.0
+        self._t_cutoff = build_line(x1=0.0, y1=1.0, x2=1.0, y2=0.5)(self._trajectory_guidance_strength)
+
     def _apply_mask_gradient_adjustment(self, t_prev: float) -> torch.Tensor:
         """Applies inpaint mask gradient adjustment and returns the inpaint mask to be used at the current timestep."""
         # As we progress through the denoising process, we promote gradient regions of the mask to have a full weight of
@@ -75,24 +81,25 @@ class TrajectoryGuidanceExtension:
 
         return mask
 
+    def _get_change_ratio(self, t_prev: float) -> float:
+        """Get the change_ratio for t_prev based on the change schedule."""
+        change_ratio = 1.0
+        if t_prev > self._t_cutoff:
+            # If we are before the cutoff, linearly interpolate between the change_ratio at t=1.0 and the change_ratio
+            # at the cutoff.
+            change_ratio = build_line(
+                x1=1.0, y1=self._change_ratio_at_t_1, x2=self._t_cutoff, y2=self._change_ratio_at_cutoff
+            )(t_prev)
+
+        return change_ratio
+
     def step(
         self, t_curr_latents: torch.Tensor, pred_noise: torch.Tensor, t_curr: float, t_prev: float
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
         # Handle gradient cutoff.
         mask = self._apply_mask_gradient_adjustment(t_prev)
 
-        # Calculate the change_ratio based on the trajectory_guidance_strength.
-        # These mappings from trajectory_guidance_strength have no theoretical basis - they were tuned manually.
-        change_ratio_at_t_1 = build_line(x1=0.0, y1=1.0, x2=1.0, y2=0.0)(self._trajectory_guidance_strength)
-        change_ratio_at_cutoff = 1.0
-        t_cutoff = build_line(x1=0.0, y1=1.0, x2=1.0, y2=0.5)(self._trajectory_guidance_strength)
-        change_ratio = 1.0
-        if t_prev > t_cutoff:
-            # If we are before the cutoff, linearly interpolate between the change_ratio at t=1.0 and the change_ratio
-            # at the cutoff.
-            change_ratio = build_line(x1=1.0, y1=change_ratio_at_t_1, x2=t_cutoff, y2=change_ratio_at_cutoff)(t_prev)
-
-        mask = mask * change_ratio
+        mask = mask * self._get_change_ratio(t_prev)
 
         # NOTE(ryand): During inpainting, it is common to guide the denoising process by noising the initial latents for
         # the current timestep and then blending the predicted intermediate latents with the noised initial latents.