diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/memory_scope.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/memory_scope.py
index 6f4eb07e3..6c252f9f2 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/memory_scope.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/memory_scope.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class MemoryScope(BaseModel):
     @classmethod
     def _accept_memory(cls, data: Any, handler: Any) -> MemoryScope:
         """Extract memory dependency and normalize root path before validation."""
+        if isinstance(data, MemoryScope):
+            return data
         memory = data.pop("memory")
         instance: MemoryScope = handler(data)
         instance._memory = memory
@@ -171,6 +173,8 @@ class MemorySlice(BaseModel):
     @classmethod
     def _accept_memory(cls, data: Any, handler: Any) -> MemorySlice:
         """Extract memory dependency and normalize scopes before validation."""
+        if isinstance(data, MemorySlice):
+            return data
         memory = data.pop("memory")
         data["scopes"] = [s.rstrip("/") or "/" for s in data.get("scopes", [])]
         instance: MemorySlice = handler(data)