diff --git a/utils/datasets.py b/utils/datasets.py
index cda69e3..3997a5d 100755
--- a/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/utils/datasets.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import yaml
-from PIL import Image, ExifTags
+from PIL import Image, ImageOps, ExifTags
 from torch.utils.data import Dataset
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def exif_size(img):
 def exif_transpose(image):
     """
     Transpose a PIL image accordingly if it has an EXIF Orientation tag.
-    From https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+    Inplace version of https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/src/PIL/ImageOps.py exif_transpose()
 
     :param image: The image to transpose.
     :return: An image.
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ def verify_image_label(args):
             with open(im_file, 'rb') as f:
                 f.seek(-2, 2)
                 if f.read() != b'\xff\xd9':  # corrupt JPEG
-                    Image.open(im_file).save(im_file, format='JPEG', subsampling=0, quality=100)  # re-save image
+                    ImageOps.exif_transpose(Image.open(im_file)).save(im_file, 'JPEG', subsampling=0, quality=100)
                     msg = f'{prefix}WARNING: {im_file}: corrupt JPEG restored and saved'
 
         # verify labels