diff --git a/hubconf.py b/hubconf.py
index 4e05149026b3..01f4eba08c81 100644
--- a/hubconf.py
+++ b/hubconf.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _create(name, pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbo
 
     check_requirements(exclude=('tensorboard', 'thop', 'opencv-python'))
     name = Path(name)
-    path = name.with_suffix('.pt') if name.suffix == '' else name  # checkpoint path
+    path = name.with_suffix('.pt') if name.suffix == '' and not name.is_dir() else name  # checkpoint path
     try:
         device = select_device(('0' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu') if device is None else device)