diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 8469773f17f2..10fa07f379f3 100755
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def check_dataset(data, autodownload=True):
     # Download (optional)
     extract_dir = ''
     if isinstance(data, (str, Path)) and str(data).endswith('.zip'):  # i.e. gs://bucket/dir/coco128.zip
-        download(data, dir=DATASETS_DIR, unzip=True, delete=False, curl=False, threads=1)
+        download(data, dir=f'{DATASETS_DIR}/{Path(data).stem}', unzip=True, delete=False, curl=False, threads=1)
         data = next((DATASETS_DIR / Path(data).stem).rglob('*.yaml'))
         extract_dir, autodownload = data.parent, False