diff --git a/models/yolo.py b/models/yolo.py
index dee6032d069d..8618401b3455 100644
--- a/models/yolo.py
+++ b/models/yolo.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def __init__(self, nc=80, anchors=(), ch=(), inplace=True):  # detection layer
         self.inplace = inplace  # use in-place ops (e.g. slice assignment)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        # x = x.copy()  # for profiling
         z = []  # inference output
         for i in range(self.nl):
             x[i] = self.m[i](x[i])  # conv
@@ -143,10 +142,11 @@ def forward_once(self, x, profile=False, visualize=False):
                 x = y[m.f] if isinstance(m.f, int) else [x if j == -1 else y[j] for j in m.f]  # from earlier layers
 
             if profile:
-                o = thop.profile(m, inputs=(x,), verbose=False)[0] / 1E9 * 2 if thop else 0  # FLOPs
+                c = isinstance(m, Detect)  # copy input as inplace fix
+                o = thop.profile(m, inputs=(x.copy() if c else x,), verbose=False)[0] / 1E9 * 2 if thop else 0  # FLOPs
                 t = time_sync()
                 for _ in range(10):
-                    _ = m(x)
+                    m(x.copy() if c else x)
                 dt.append((time_sync() - t) * 100)
                 if m == self.model[0]:
                     LOGGER.info(f"{'time (ms)':>10s} {'GFLOPs':>10s} {'params':>10s}  {'module'}")