diff --git a/examples/mlperf/dataloader.py b/examples/mlperf/dataloader.py
index b513ccbc08..0942e83615 100644
--- a/examples/mlperf/dataloader.py
+++ b/examples/mlperf/dataloader.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def batch_load_resnet(batch_size=64, val=False, shuffle=True, seed=None, pad_fir
   q_in, q_out = Queue(), Queue()
 
   sz = (batch_size*BATCH_COUNT, 224, 224, 3)
-  shm_name = "resnet_X_val" if val else "resnet_X_train",
+  shm_name = "resnet_X_val" if val else "resnet_X_train"
   if not OSX and os.path.exists(f"/dev/shm/{shm_name}"): os.unlink(f"/dev/shm/{shm_name}")
   shm = shared_memory.SharedMemory(name=shm_name, create=True, size=prod(sz))
   procs = []