diff --git a/ultralytics/data/base.py b/ultralytics/data/base.py
index e0f34be946..4b488ade9a 100644
--- a/ultralytics/data/base.py
+++ b/ultralytics/data/base.py
@@ -100,18 +100,22 @@ class BaseDataset(Dataset):
     def calculate_cls_weights(self):
         cls = np.concatenate([l["cls"].reshape(-1) for l in self.labels])
         counts = np.bincount(cls.astype(int), minlength=len(self.data["names"]))
-        weights = np.zeros(len(self.labels))
-        # weights = np.ones(len(self.labels))
+        class_weights = counts.sum() / counts
+        # weights = np.zeros(len(self.labels))
+        weights = np.ones(len(self.labels))
         for i, label in enumerate(self.labels):
             cls = label["cls"].reshape(-1).astype(np.int32)
             if len(cls) == 0:
                 continue
-            weights[i] = np.mean(counts[cls])
-        # set mean value of weights for background images
-        weights = np.where(weights == 0, weights.mean(), weights)
-        weights = weights.max() - weights + 1
+            weights[i] = np.sum(class_weights[cls])
         return weights / weights.sum()
 
+        # weights[i] = np.mean(counts[cls])
+        # set mean value of weights for background images
+        # weights = np.where(weights == 0, weights.mean(), weights)
+        # weights = weights.max() - weights + 1
+        # return weights / weights.sum()
+
     def get_img_files(self, img_path):
         """Read image files."""
         try: