diff --git a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/INormLBP.py b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/INormLBP.py
index ed7cae2d07e01686478a25f7306a3ea14aacfd62..dc48e10014e3bbaecc0477f8dbe468a3c3fe8304 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/INormLBP.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/INormLBP.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class INormLBP(Base):
         self.radius = radius
         self.is_circular = is_circular
         self.compare_to_average = compare_to_average
-        self.elbp_type = elbp_type
+        self.elbp_type = elbp_type        
         self.cropper = load_cropper(face_cropper)
 
         self._init_non_pickables()
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/utils.py b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/utils.py
index 2a7ccdcf7a952c8e7097996d3844198adec3ef8f..604cd002035ef282630c75de7121b70eb3248312 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/utils.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/utils.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ def load_cropper(face_cropper):
         cropper = None
     elif isinstance(face_cropper, six.string_types):
         cropper = bob.bio.base.load_resource(face_cropper, "preprocessor")
+    elif isinstance(face_cropper, (FaceCrop, FaceDetect)):
+        cropper = face_cropper
     else:
         raise ValueError("The given face cropper type is not understood")