diff --git a/utils/general.py b/utils/general.py
index 67f01b54ab88..7c89d02f2d9c 100755
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -933,13 +933,24 @@ def increment_path(path, exist_ok=False, sep='', mkdir=False):
     path = Path(path)  # os-agnostic
     if path.exists() and not exist_ok:
         path, suffix = (path.with_suffix(''), path.suffix) if path.is_file() else (path, '')
-        dirs = glob.glob(f"{path}{sep}*")  # similar paths
-        matches = [re.search(rf"%s{sep}(\d+)" % path.stem, d) for d in dirs]
-        i = [int(m.groups()[0]) for m in matches if m]  # indices
-        n = max(i) + 1 if i else 2  # increment number
-        path = Path(f"{path}{sep}{n}{suffix}")  # increment path
+
+        # Method 1
+        for n in range(2, 9999):
+            p = f'{path}{sep}{n}{suffix}'  # increment path
+            if not os.path.exists(p):  #
+                break
+        path = Path(p)
+
+        # Method 2 (deprecated)
+        # dirs = glob.glob(f"{path}{sep}*")  # similar paths
+        # matches = [re.search(rf"{path.stem}{sep}(\d+)", d) for d in dirs]
+        # i = [int(m.groups()[0]) for m in matches if m]  # indices
+        # n = max(i) + 1 if i else 2  # increment number
+        # path = Path(f"{path}{sep}{n}{suffix}")  # increment path
+
     if mkdir:
         path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # make directory
+
     return path