diff --git a/src/anomalib/pre_processing/pre_processing.py b/src/anomalib/pre_processing/pre_processing.py
index 5b8c8f46a1..4f9ff5bbc1 100644
--- a/src/anomalib/pre_processing/pre_processing.py
+++ b/src/anomalib/pre_processing/pre_processing.py
@@ -106,18 +106,25 @@ def setup(self, trainer: Trainer, pl_module: LightningModule, stage: str) -> Non
             stage: The stage (e.g., 'fit', 'train', 'val', 'test', 'predict').
         """
         super().setup(trainer, pl_module, stage)
-        stage = TrainerFn(stage).value  # This is to convert the stage to a string
-        stages = ["train", "val"] if stage == "fit" else [stage]
-        for current_stage in stages:
-            transform = getattr(self, f"{current_stage}_transform")
-            if transform:
-                if hasattr(trainer, "datamodule"):
-                    set_datamodule_transform(trainer.datamodule, transform, current_stage)
-                elif hasattr(trainer, f"{current_stage}_dataloaders"):
-                    set_dataloader_transform(getattr(trainer, f"{current_stage}_dataloaders"), transform)
-                else:
-                    msg = f"Trainer does not have a datamodule or {current_stage}_dataloaders attribute"
-                    raise ValueError(msg)
+        # Get stage transform
+        stage = TrainerFn(stage).value  # Make sure ``stage`` is a str
+        stage_transforms = {
+            "fit": self.train_transform,
+            "validate": self.val_transform,
+            "test": self.test_transform,
+            "predict": self.predict_transform,
+        }
+        transform = stage_transforms.get(stage)
+
+        # Assign the transform to the datamodule or dataloaders
+        if transform:
+            if hasattr(trainer, "datamodule"):
+                set_datamodule_transform(trainer.datamodule, transform, stage)
+            elif hasattr(trainer, f"{stage}_dataloaders"):
+                set_dataloader_transform(getattr(trainer, f"{stage}_dataloaders"), transform)
+            else:
+                msg = f"Trainer does not have a datamodule or {stage}_dataloaders attribute"
+                raise ValueError(msg)
 
     def forward(self, batch: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         """Apply transforms to the batch of tensors for inference.