diff --git a/unsloth/__init__.py b/unsloth/__init__.py
index aff9e3d186..89b3666a68 100644
--- a/unsloth/__init__.py
+++ b/unsloth/__init__.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
     patch_vllm_for_notebooks,
     patch_torchcodec_audio_decoder,
     disable_torchcodec_if_broken,
+    disable_broken_wandb,
 )
 
 fix_xformers_performance_issue()
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@
 patch_vllm_for_notebooks()
 patch_torchcodec_audio_decoder()
 disable_torchcodec_if_broken()
+disable_broken_wandb()
 
 del fix_xformers_performance_issue
 del fix_vllm_aimv2_issue
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@
 del patch_vllm_for_notebooks
 del patch_torchcodec_audio_decoder
 del disable_torchcodec_if_broken
+del disable_broken_wandb
 
 # Torch 2.4 has including_emulation
 if DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda":
diff --git a/unsloth/import_fixes.py b/unsloth/import_fixes.py
index ebd81f9568..06322a9396 100644
--- a/unsloth/import_fixes.py
+++ b/unsloth/import_fixes.py
@@ -1290,6 +1290,38 @@ def disable_torchcodec_if_broken():
             pass
 
 
+def disable_broken_wandb():
+    """Disable wandb if it's installed but cannot actually import.
+
+    wandb can fail to import when there's a protobuf version mismatch
+    (e.g., wandb < 0.19.11 with protobuf >= 6.0). This causes a cascading
+    import failure through trl -> transformers -> wandb that crashes
+    unsloth's import chain.
+
+    This function tests if wandb can actually import and if not, patches
+    transformers' is_wandb_available() to return False.
+    """
+    if importlib.util.find_spec("wandb") is None:
+        return  # wandb not installed, nothing to do
+
+    try:
+        import wandb
+    except Exception:
+        # wandb is installed but broken - patch transformers to skip it
+        logger.info(
+            "Unsloth: wandb is installed but broken (likely a protobuf version mismatch). "
+            "Disabling wandb to prevent import errors. To fix, run: pip install --upgrade wandb"
+        )
+        try:
+            import transformers.integrations.integration_utils as tf_integration
+
+            tf_integration.is_wandb_available = lambda: False
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+            pass
+        # Also set env var as fallback for any other code path
+        os.environ["WANDB_DISABLED"] = "true"
+
+
 CAUSAL_CONV1D_BROKEN = False
 _CAUSAL_CONV1D_PREFIX = "causal_conv1d"
 _CAUSAL_CONV1D_BLOCKER_SENTINEL = "_unsloth_causal_conv1d_blocker"