diff --git a/utils/utils.py b/utils/utils.py
index 8722aa01..9543d5a3 100755
--- a/utils/utils.py
+++ b/utils/utils.py
@@ -333,11 +333,10 @@ def compute_loss(p, targets, model, giou_loss=True):  # predictions, targets, mo
 
 def build_targets(model, targets):
     # targets = [image, class, x, y, w, h]
-    iou_thres = model.hyp['iou_t']  # hyperparameter
-    multi_gpu = type(model) in (nn.parallel.DataParallel, nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel)
 
     nt = len(targets)
     txy, twh, tcls, tbox, indices, av = [], [], [], [], [], []
+    multi_gpu = type(model) in (nn.parallel.DataParallel, nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel)
     for i in model.yolo_layers:
         # get number of grid points and anchor vec for this yolo layer
         if multi_gpu:
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ def build_targets(model, targets):
             # reject anchors below iou_thres (OPTIONAL, increases P, lowers R)
             reject = True
             if reject:
-                j = iou > iou_thres
+                j = iou > model.hyp['iou_t']  # iou threshold hyperparameter
                 t, a, gwh = t[j], a[j], gwh[j]
 
         # Indices