diff --git a/tools/model_converters/mmcls2timm.py b/tools/model_converters/mmcls2timm.py
index 99e7cd15..08bf4f85 100644
--- a/tools/model_converters/mmcls2timm.py
+++ b/tools/model_converters/mmcls2timm.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('dst', help='save path')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    checkpoint = _load_checkpoint(args.src)
+    checkpoint = _load_checkpoint(args.src, map_location='cpu')
     if 'state_dict' in checkpoint:
         state_dict = checkpoint['state_dict']
     else: