diff --git a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/factory/estimator.py b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/factory/estimator.py
index 70b205bc74..4a0b33a271 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/factory/estimator.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/factory/estimator.py
@@ -322,7 +322,12 @@ def get_deploy_kwargs(
         model_id=model_id,
         model_from_estimator=True,
         model_version=model_version,
-        instance_type=model_deploy_kwargs.instance_type if training_instance_type is None else None,
+        instance_type=(
+            model_deploy_kwargs.instance_type
+            if training_instance_type is None
+            or instance_type is not None  # always use supplied inference instance type
+            else None
+        ),
         region=region,
         image_uri=image_uri,
         source_dir=source_dir,
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/estimator/test_estimator.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/estimator/test_estimator.py
index 2e8dc1e9a2..96b00793b8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/estimator/test_estimator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/estimator/test_estimator.py
@@ -1532,6 +1532,9 @@ def test_estimator_sets_different_inference_instance_depending_on_training_insta
         estimator.deploy(image_uri="blah")
         assert mock_estimator_deploy.call_args[1]["instance_type"] == "ml.p4de.24xlarge"
 
+        estimator.deploy(image_uri="blah", instance_type="ml.quantum.large")
+        assert mock_estimator_deploy.call_args[1]["instance_type"] == "ml.quantum.large"
+
     @mock.patch("sagemaker.utils.sagemaker_timestamp")
     @mock.patch("sagemaker.jumpstart.estimator.validate_model_id_and_get_type")
     @mock.patch(