diff --git a/modules/img2img.py b/modules/img2img.py
index abf7960f1..3af6dac8b 100644
--- a/modules/img2img.py
+++ b/modules/img2img.py
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ import modules.scripts
 def process_batch(p, input_dir, output_dir, inpaint_mask_dir, args, to_scale=False, scale_by=1.0):
     processing.fix_seed(p)
 
-    allowed_extensions = [ext for ext, f in Image.registered_extensions().items() if f in Image.OPEN]
-    images = list(shared.walk_files(input_dir, allowed_extensions=allowed_extensions))
+    images = shared.listfiles(input_dir)
 
     is_inpaint_batch = False
     if inpaint_mask_dir:
-        inpaint_masks = list(shared.walk_files(inpaint_mask_dir, allowed_extensions=allowed_extensions))
+        inpaint_masks = shared.listfiles(inpaint_mask_dir)
         is_inpaint_batch = len(inpaint_masks) > 0
     if is_inpaint_batch:
         print(f"\nInpaint batch is enabled. {len(inpaint_masks)} masks found.")
@@ -59,22 +58,18 @@ def process_batch(p, input_dir, output_dir, inpaint_mask_dir, args, to_scale=Fal
         p.init_images = [img] * p.batch_size
 
         image_path = Path(image)
-        if image_path.parent == Path(input_dir):
-            image_subpath = ""
-        else:
-            image_subpath = str(image_path.parent).replace(f"{input_dir}/", "")
-
         if is_inpaint_batch:
             # try to find corresponding mask for an image using simple filename matching
             if len(inpaint_masks) == 1:
                 mask_image_path = inpaint_masks[0]
             else:
                 # try to find corresponding mask for an image using simple filename matching
-                mask_image_dir = Path(inpaint_mask_dir).joinpath(image_subpath)
+                mask_image_dir = Path(inpaint_mask_dir)
                 masks_found = list(mask_image_dir.glob(f"{image_path.stem}.*"))
 
                 if len(masks_found) == 0:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Mask is not found for {image_path} in {mask_image_dir}")
+                    print(f"Warning: mask is not found for {image_path} in {mask_image_dir}. Skipping it.")
+                    continue
 
                 # it should contain only 1 matching mask
                 # otherwise user has many masks with the same name but different extensions
@@ -95,10 +90,10 @@ def process_batch(p, input_dir, output_dir, inpaint_mask_dir, args, to_scale=Fal
                 filename = f"{left}-{n}{right}"
 
             if not save_normally:
-                os.makedirs(os.path.join(output_dir, image_subpath), exist_ok=True)
+                os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
                 if processed_image.mode == 'RGBA':
                     processed_image = processed_image.convert("RGB")
-                processed_image.save(os.path.join(output_dir, image_subpath, filename))
+                processed_image.save(os.path.join(output_dir, filename))
 
 
 def img2img(id_task: str, mode: int, prompt: str, negative_prompt: str, prompt_styles, init_img, sketch, init_img_with_mask, inpaint_color_sketch, inpaint_color_sketch_orig, init_img_inpaint, init_mask_inpaint, steps: int, sampler_index: int, mask_blur: int, mask_alpha: float, inpainting_fill: int, restore_faces: bool, tiling: bool, n_iter: int, batch_size: int, cfg_scale: float, image_cfg_scale: float, denoising_strength: float, seed: int, subseed: int, subseed_strength: float, seed_resize_from_h: int, seed_resize_from_w: int, seed_enable_extras: bool, selected_scale_tab: int, height: int, width: int, scale_by: float, resize_mode: int, inpaint_full_res: bool, inpaint_full_res_padding: int, inpainting_mask_invert: int, img2img_batch_input_dir: str, img2img_batch_output_dir: str, img2img_batch_inpaint_mask_dir: str, override_settings_texts, *args):