diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 883585fc..2053030b 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ data load_data_super(char **paths, int n, int m, int w, int h, int scale)
     return d;
 }
 
-data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *hierarchy, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure, int mixup, int use_blur, int show_imgs, float label_smooth_eps)
+data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *hierarchy, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure, int use_mixup, int use_blur, int show_imgs, float label_smooth_eps)
 {
     char **paths_stored = paths;
     if(m) paths = get_random_paths(paths, n, m);
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *h
     d.X = load_image_augment_paths(paths, n, use_flip, min, max, w, h, angle, aspect, hue, saturation, exposure);
     d.y = load_labels_paths(paths, n, labels, k, hierarchy, label_smooth_eps);
 
-    if (mixup && rand_int(0, 1)) {
+    if (use_mixup && rand_int(0, 1)) {
         char **paths_mix = get_random_paths(paths_stored, n, m);
         data d2 = { 0 };
         d2.shallow = 0;
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *h
         d3.shallow = 0;
         data d4 = { 0 };
         d4.shallow = 0;
-        if (mixup >= 3) {
+        if (use_mixup >= 3) {
             char **paths_mix3 = get_random_paths(paths_stored, n, m);
             d3.X = load_image_augment_paths(paths_mix3, n, use_flip, min, max, w, h, angle, aspect, hue, saturation, exposure);
             d3.y = load_labels_paths(paths_mix3, n, labels, k, hierarchy, label_smooth_eps);
@@ -1545,7 +1545,8 @@ data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *h
         int i, j;
         for (i = 0; i < d2.X.rows; ++i) {
 
-            if (mixup == 4) mixup = rand_int(2, 3); // alternate CutMix and Mosaic
+            int mixup = use_mixup;
+            if (use_mixup == 4) mixup = rand_int(2, 3); // alternate CutMix and Mosaic
 
             // MixUp -----------------------------------
             if (mixup == 1) {
@@ -1637,7 +1638,7 @@ data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *h
 
         free_data(d2);
 
-        if (mixup == 3) {
+        if (use_mixup >= 3) {
             free_data(d3);
             free_data(d4);
         }
diff --git a/src/data.h b/src/data.h
index dc18a928..f675ae82 100644
--- a/src/data.h
+++ b/src/data.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ data load_data_detection(int n, char **paths, int m, int w, int h, int c, int bo
 data load_data_tag(char **paths, int n, int m, int k, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure);
 matrix load_image_augment_paths(char **paths, int n, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure);
 data load_data_super(char **paths, int n, int m, int w, int h, int scale);
-data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *hierarchy, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure, int mixup, int use_blur, int show_imgs, float label_smooth_eps);
+data load_data_augment(char **paths, int n, int m, char **labels, int k, tree *hierarchy, int use_flip, int min, int max, int w, int h, float angle, float aspect, float hue, float saturation, float exposure, int use_mixup, int use_blur, int show_imgs, float label_smooth_eps);
 data load_go(char *filename);
 
 box_label *read_boxes(char *filename, int *n);