diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index bbf879f3af5f..5c203f12651d 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ def train(hyp, opt, device, tb_writer=None, wandb=None):
                 ckpt = {'epoch': epoch,
                         'best_fitness': best_fitness,
                         'training_results': results_file.read_text(),
-                        'model': deepcopy(model.module if is_parallel(model) else model).half(),
+                        'model': ema.ema if final_epoch else deepcopy(
+                            model.module if is_parallel(model) else model).half(),
                         'ema': (deepcopy(ema.ema).half(), ema.updates),
                         'optimizer': optimizer.state_dict(),
                         'wandb_id': wandb_run.id if wandb else None}