diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_dnn_detect.c b/libavfilter/vf_dnn_detect.c
index caccbf7a12..2bf5ed7476 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_dnn_detect.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_dnn_detect.c
@@ -236,9 +236,6 @@ static int dnn_detect_parse_yolo_output(AVFrame *frame, DNNData *output, int out
                     conf = post_process_raw_data(
                                 detection_boxes_data[cy * cell_w + cx + 4 * cell_w * cell_h]);
                 }
-                if (conf < conf_threshold) {
-                    continue;
-                }
 
                 if (is_NHWC) {
                     x = post_process_raw_data(detection_boxes_data[0]);
@@ -257,6 +254,9 @@ static int dnn_detect_parse_yolo_output(AVFrame *frame, DNNData *output, int out
                     conf = conf * post_process_raw_data(
                                 detection_boxes_data[cy * cell_w + cx + (label_id + 5) * cell_w * cell_h]);
                 }
+                if (conf < conf_threshold) {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
                 bbox = av_mallocz(sizeof(*bbox));
                 if (!bbox)