diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
index 984eb519f7..d6ceff79dd 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class BaseDataset(Dataset):
         self.ims = [None] * self.ni
         self.npy_files = [Path(f).with_suffix(".npy") for f in self.im_files]
         if cache:
-            self.cache_images()
+            self.cache_images(cache)
 
         # transforms
         self.transforms = self.build_transforms(hyp=hyp)
@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ class BaseDataset(Dataset):
             return im, (h0, w0), im.shape[:2]  # im, hw_original, hw_resized
         return self.ims[i], self.im_hw0[i], self.im_hw[i]  # im, hw_original, hw_resized
 
-    def cache_images(self):
+    def cache_images(self, cache):
         # cache images to memory or disk
         gb = 0  # Gigabytes of cached images
         self.im_hw0, self.im_hw = [None] * self.ni, [None] * self.ni
-        fcn = self.cache_images_to_disk if self.cache == "disk" else self.load_image
+        fcn = self.cache_images_to_disk if cache == "disk" else self.load_image
         results = ThreadPool(NUM_THREADS).imap(fcn, range(self.ni))
         pbar = tqdm(enumerate(results), total=self.ni, bar_format=TQDM_BAR_FORMAT, disable=LOCAL_RANK > 0)
         for i, x in pbar:
-            if self.cache == "disk":
+            if cache == "disk":
                 gb += self.npy_files[i].stat().st_size
             else:  # 'ram'
                 self.ims[i], self.im_hw0[i], self.im_hw[i] = x  # im, hw_orig, hw_resized = load_image(self, i)
                 gb += self.ims[i].nbytes
-            pbar.desc = f"{self.prefix}Caching images ({gb / 1E9:.1f}GB {self.cache})"
+            pbar.desc = f"{self.prefix}Caching images ({gb / 1E9:.1f}GB {cache})"
         pbar.close()
 
     def cache_images_to_disk(self, i):