From 2e084c0581d7756ef977d9fb65d922590e4453ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glenn Jocher <glenn.jocher@ultralytics.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 00:53:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix validator model=None (#16699)

---
 ultralytics/engine/validator.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ultralytics/engine/validator.py b/ultralytics/engine/validator.py
index ff04a85135..daa058a9de 100644
--- a/ultralytics/engine/validator.py
+++ b/ultralytics/engine/validator.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class BaseValidator:
             self.args.plots &= trainer.stopper.possible_stop or (trainer.epoch == trainer.epochs - 1)
             model.eval()
         else:
-            if Path(self.args.model).suffix == ".yaml":
+            if str(self.args.model).endswith(".yaml"):
                 LOGGER.warning("WARNING ⚠️ validating an untrained model YAML will result in 0 mAP.")
             callbacks.add_integration_callbacks(self)
             model = AutoBackend(