diff --git a/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py b/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
index 98eb9cf33595a..8ba3aec454ad7 100644
--- a/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
+++ b/vllm/transformers_utils/processor.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from transformers.processing_utils import ProcessorMixin
 from transformers.video_processing_utils import BaseVideoProcessor
 from typing_extensions import TypeVar
 
+from vllm.transformers_utils.utils import convert_model_repo_to_path
 from vllm.utils.func_utils import get_allowed_kwarg_only_overrides
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ def get_processor(
     """Load a processor for the given model name via HuggingFace."""
     if revision is None:
         revision = "main"
-
     try:
+        processor_name = convert_model_repo_to_path(processor_name)
         if isinstance(processor_cls, tuple) or processor_cls == ProcessorMixin:
             processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(
                 processor_name,
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ def get_feature_extractor(
     """Load an audio feature extractor for the given model name
     via HuggingFace."""
     try:
+        processor_name = convert_model_repo_to_path(processor_name)
         feature_extractor = AutoFeatureExtractor.from_pretrained(
             processor_name,
             *args,
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ def get_image_processor(
 ):
     """Load an image processor for the given model name via HuggingFace."""
     try:
+        processor_name = convert_model_repo_to_path(processor_name)
         processor = AutoImageProcessor.from_pretrained(
             processor_name,
             *args,
@@ -268,6 +271,7 @@ def get_video_processor(
 ):
     """Load a video processor for the given model name via HuggingFace."""
     try:
+        processor_name = convert_model_repo_to_path(processor_name)
         processor_cls = processor_cls_overrides or AutoVideoProcessor
         processor = processor_cls.from_pretrained(
             processor_name,
diff --git a/vllm/transformers_utils/utils.py b/vllm/transformers_utils/utils.py
index 58c754dbd3974..af2df195f2958 100644
--- a/vllm/transformers_utils/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/transformers_utils/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
 import json
+import os
 import struct
 from functools import cache
 from os import PathLike
@@ -109,3 +110,13 @@ def parse_safetensors_file_metadata(path: str | PathLike) -> dict[str, Any]:
         length_of_metadata = struct.unpack("<Q", f.read(8))[0]
         metadata = json.loads(f.read(length_of_metadata).decode("utf-8"))
         return metadata
+
+
+def convert_model_repo_to_path(model_repo: str) -> str:
+    """When VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE is True convert a model
+    repository string to a Path str."""
+    if not envs.VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE or Path(model_repo).exists():
+        return model_repo
+    from modelscope.utils.file_utils import get_model_cache_root
+
+    return os.path.join(get_model_cache_root(), model_repo)