diff --git a/src/transformers/models/vivit/image_processing_vivit.py b/src/transformers/models/vivit/image_processing_vivit.py
index 0790c5d82bb5..af02400e71e6 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/vivit/image_processing_vivit.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/vivit/image_processing_vivit.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class VivitImageProcessor(BaseImageProcessor):
         do_rescale (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `True`):
             Whether to rescale the image by the specified scale `rescale_factor`. Can be overridden by the `do_rescale`
             parameter in the `preprocess` method.
-        rescale_factor (`int` or `float`, *optional*, defaults to `1/255`):
+        rescale_factor (`int` or `float`, *optional*, defaults to 1/127.5):
             Defines the scale factor to use if rescaling the image. Can be overridden by the `rescale_factor` parameter
             in the `preprocess` method.
         offset (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `True`):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def __init__(
         do_center_crop: bool = True,
         crop_size: Dict[str, int] = None,
         do_rescale: bool = True,
-        rescale_factor: Union[int, float] = 1 / 255,
+        rescale_factor: Union[int, float] = 1 / 127.5,
         offset: bool = True,
         do_normalize: bool = True,
         image_mean: Optional[Union[float, List[float]]] = None,