diff --git a/src/transformers/models/llava/processing_llava.py b/src/transformers/models/llava/processing_llava.py
index 0f272f481c5d77..dc74bceb4c020a 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/llava/processing_llava.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/llava/processing_llava.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ def __call__(
             raise ValueError("You have to specify at least one of `images` or `text`.")
 
         # check if images and text inputs are reversed for BC
-        text, images = images, text
         images, text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images, text)
 
         output_kwargs = self._merge_kwargs(
diff --git a/src/transformers/processing_utils.py b/src/transformers/processing_utils.py
index 28b023f2153ad1..8ce88e01421e2d 100644
--- a/src/transformers/processing_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/processing_utils.py
@@ -1011,12 +1011,13 @@ def _is_valid_text_input_for_processor(t):
                 # ... list of strings or int (for encoded inputs)
                 return True
             elif isinstance(t[0], (list, tuple)):
-                # ... list of list of strings or int (for encoded inputs)
-                return isinstance(t[0][0], (str, int))
-            else:
-                return False
-        else:
-            return False
+                # ... list of list of strings or int (for list of encoded inputs)
+                if isinstance(t[0][0], (str, int)):
+                    return True
+                elif isinstance(t[0][0], (list, tuple)):
+                    # ... list of list of list of int (for list of list of encoded inputs)
+                    return isinstance(t[0][0][0], int)
+        return False
 
     def _is_valid(input, validator):
         return validator(input) or input is None
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_processing_utils.py b/tests/utils/test_processing_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..77dc710f497f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/test_processing_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+# Copyright 2024 HuggingFace Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+import PIL
+
+from transformers import is_torch_available
+from transformers.processing_utils import _validate_images_text_input_order
+from transformers.testing_utils import require_torch
+
+
+if is_torch_available():
+    import torch
+
+
+class ProcessingUtilTester(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_validate_images_text_input_order(self):
+        # text string and PIL images inputs
+        images = PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224))
+        text = "text"
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # text list of string and numpy images inputs
+        images = np.random.rand(224, 224, 3)
+        text = ["text1", "text2"]
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images, np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images, np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # text nested list of string and list of pil images inputs
+        images = [PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224)), PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224))]
+        text = [["text1", "text2, text3"], ["text3", "text4"]]
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # pretokenized text and list of numpy images inputs
+        images = [np.random.rand(224, 224, 3), np.random.rand(224, 224, 3)]
+        text = list(range(10))
+        print(type(text))
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0], np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0], np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # list of pretokenized text and nested list of numpy images inputs
+        images = [[np.random.rand(224, 224, 3), np.random.rand(224, 224, 3)], [np.random.rand(224, 224, 3)]]
+        text = [list(range(10)), list(range(5))]
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0][0], np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0][0], np.ndarray)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # nested list of pretokenized text and nested list of PIL images inputs
+        images = [
+            [PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224)), PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224))],
+            [PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224))],
+        ]
+        text = [[list(range(10)), list(range(5))], [list(range(10))]]
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # None images
+        images = None
+        text = "text"
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertEqual(images, None)
+        self.assertEqual(text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertEqual(images, None)
+        self.assertEqual(text, text)
+
+        # None text
+        images = PIL.Image.new("RGB", (224, 224))
+        text = None
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertEqual(images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(text, None)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertEqual(images, images)
+        self.assertEqual(text, None)
+
+        # incorrect inputs
+        images = "text"
+        text = "text"
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+
+    @require_torch
+    def test_validate_images_text_input_order_torch(self):
+        # text string and torch images inputs
+        images = torch.rand(224, 224, 3)
+        text = "text"
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images, torch.Tensor)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images, torch.Tensor)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+
+        # text list of string and list of torch images inputs
+        images = [torch.rand(224, 224, 3), torch.rand(224, 224, 3)]
+        text = ["text1", "text2"]
+        # test correct text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=images, text=text)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0], torch.Tensor)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)
+        # test incorrect text and images order
+        valid_images, valid_text = _validate_images_text_input_order(images=text, text=images)
+        self.assertIsInstance(valid_images[0], torch.Tensor)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_text, text)