diff --git a/configs/inst_colorization/inst-colorizatioon_full_official_cocostuff-256x256.py b/configs/inst_colorization/inst-colorizatioon_full_official_cocostuff-256x256.py
index f754c38b44..5c4a07670a 100644
--- a/configs/inst_colorization/inst-colorizatioon_full_official_cocostuff-256x256.py
+++ b/configs/inst_colorization/inst-colorizatioon_full_official_cocostuff-256x256.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     dict(
         type='InstanceCrop',
         config_file='mmdet::mask_rcnn/mask-rcnn_x101-32x8d_fpn_ms-poly-3x_coco.py',  # noqa
+        from_pretrained=None,
         finesize=256,
         box_num_upbound=5),
     dict(
diff --git a/mmagic/datasets/transforms/crop.py b/mmagic/datasets/transforms/crop.py
index 8af6ced157..22dac70ccc 100644
--- a/mmagic/datasets/transforms/crop.py
+++ b/mmagic/datasets/transforms/crop.py
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ class InstanceCrop(BaseTransform):
 
     def __init__(self,
                  config_file,
+                 from_pretrained=None,
                  key='img',
                  box_num_upbound=-1,
                  finesize=256):
@@ -967,6 +968,11 @@ def __init__(self,
             "\"mim install 'mmdet >= 3.0.0'\".")
 
         cfg = get_config(config_file, pretrained=True)
+
+        # loading checkpoint from local path
+        if from_pretrained is not None:
+            cfg.model.backbone.init_cfg.checkpoint = from_pretrained
+
         with DefaultScope.overwrite_default_scope('mmdet'):
             self.predictor = mmdet_apis.init_detector(cfg, cfg.model_path)