diff --git a/ultralytics/engine/trainer.py b/ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
index 71840822..9d71810b 100644
--- a/ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
+++ b/ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class BaseTrainer:
         self.last.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save last.pt
         if self.best_fitness == self.fitness:
             self.best.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save best.pt
-        if (self.save_period > 0) and (self.epoch > 0) and (self.epoch % self.save_period == 0):
+        if (self.save_period > 0) and (self.epoch >= 0) and (self.epoch % self.save_period == 0):
             (self.wdir / f"epoch{self.epoch}.pt").write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save epoch, i.e. 'epoch3.pt'
 
     def get_dataset(self):