diff --git a/tools/eval.py b/tools/eval.py
index 83ad76be8..c213e726c 100644
--- a/tools/eval.py
+++ b/tools/eval.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def main(exp, args, num_gpu):
             ckpt_file = args.ckpt
         logger.info("loading checkpoint from {}".format(ckpt_file))
         loc = "cuda:{}".format(rank)
-        ckpt = torch.load(ckpt_file, map_location=loc)
+        ckpt = torch.load(ckpt_file, map_location=loc, weights_only=False)
         model.load_state_dict(ckpt["model"])
         logger.info("loaded checkpoint done.")