diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/utils.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/utils.py
index a3338fec72..b4832bec2f 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/utils.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/utils.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def check_det_dataset(dataset, autodownload=True):
 
     if not path.is_absolute():
         path = (DATASETS_DIR / path).resolve()
-        data['path'] = path  # download scripts
+    data['path'] = path  # download scripts
     for k in 'train', 'val', 'test':
         if data.get(k):  # prepend path
             if isinstance(data[k], str):