diff --git a/keras_applications/resnet50.py b/keras_applications/resnet50.py
index 2d5c994..6cfeb24 100644
--- a/keras_applications/resnet50.py
+++ b/keras_applications/resnet50.py
@@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ def ResNet50(include_top=True,
     x = identity_block(x, 3, [512, 512, 2048], stage=5, block='b')
     x = identity_block(x, 3, [512, 512, 2048], stage=5, block='c')
 
-    x = layers.AveragePooling2D((7, 7), name='avg_pool')(x)
-
     if include_top:
+        x = layers.AveragePooling2D((7, 7), name='avg_pool')(x)
         x = layers.Flatten()(x)
         x = layers.Dense(classes, activation='softmax', name='fc1000')(x)
     else: