diff --git a/utils/dataloaders.py b/utils/dataloaders.py
index 5c3460eb0d6e..5b03b4eb9759 100644
--- a/utils/dataloaders.py
+++ b/utils/dataloaders.py
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ def __next__(self):
         if self.video_flag[self.count]:
             # Read video
             self.mode = 'video'
-            ret_val, im0 = self.cap.read()
-            self.cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES, self.vid_stride * (self.frame + 1))  # read at vid_stride
+            for _ in range(self.vid_stride):
+                self.cap.grab()
+            ret_val, im0 = self.cap.retrieve()
             while not ret_val:
                 self.count += 1
                 self.cap.release()