diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 744abb439ed1..70b6f6446f23 100644
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -978,8 +978,7 @@ def non_max_suppression(
         c = x[:, 5:6] * (0 if agnostic else max_wh)  # classes
         boxes, scores = x[:, :4] + c, x[:, 4]  # boxes (offset by class), scores
         i = torchvision.ops.nms(boxes, scores, iou_thres)  # NMS
-        if i.shape[0] > max_det:  # limit detections
-            i = i[:max_det]
+        i = i[:max_det]  # limit detections
         if merge and (1 < n < 3E3):  # Merge NMS (boxes merged using weighted mean)
             # update boxes as boxes(i,4) = weights(i,n) * boxes(n,4)
             iou = box_iou(boxes[i], boxes) > iou_thres  # iou matrix