diff --git a/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/visual.py b/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/visual.py
index bc3ef676..7007b5a2 100644
--- a/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/visual.py
+++ b/src/llamafactory/model/model_utils/visual.py
@@ -186,12 +186,10 @@ def patch_target_modules(
     """
     model_type = getattr(config, "model_type", None)
     if finetuning_args.freeze_vision_tower:
-        if model_type in ["llava", "llava_next", "llava_next_video", "paligemma", "video_llava"]:
+        if model_type in ["llava", "llava_next", "llava_next_video", "paligemma", "pixtral", "video_llava"]:
             return "^(?!.*vision_tower).*(?:{}).*".format("|".join(target_modules))
         elif model_type == "qwen2_vl":
             return "^(?!.*visual).*(?:{}).*".format("|".join(target_modules))
-        elif model_type == "pixtral":
-            return "^(?!.*vision_encoder).*(?:{}).*".format("|".join(target_modules))
         else:
             return target_modules
     else: