diff --git a/utils/datasets.py b/utils/datasets.py
index 25a7b2f67355..abb4a3650bfc 100755
--- a/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/utils/datasets.py
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, img_size=640, batch_size=16, augment=False, hyp=None, r
         cache_path = (p if p.is_file() else Path(self.label_files[0]).parent).with_suffix('.cache')  # cached labels
         if cache_path.is_file():
             cache, exists = torch.load(cache_path), True  # load
-            if cache['version'] != 0.3 or cache['hash'] != get_hash(self.label_files + self.img_files):
+            if cache.get('version') != 0.3 or cache.get('hash') != get_hash(self.label_files + self.img_files):
                 cache, exists = self.cache_labels(cache_path, prefix), False  # re-cache
         else:
             cache, exists = self.cache_labels(cache_path, prefix), False  # cache