diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 8f09dab7..37463cec 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,12 @@ static float relu(float src) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+static float lrelu(float src) {
+    const float eps = 0.001;
+    if (src > eps) return src;
+    return eps;
+}
+
 void fuse_conv_batchnorm(network net)
 {
     int j;
@@ -1160,14 +1166,14 @@ void fuse_conv_batchnorm(network net)
                 for (i = 0; i < (l->n + 1); ++i) {
                     int w_index = chan + i * layer_step;
                     float w = l->weights[w_index];
-                    if (l->weights_normalizion == RELU_NORMALIZATION) sum += relu(w);
+                    if (l->weights_normalizion == RELU_NORMALIZATION) sum += lrelu(w);
                     else if (l->weights_normalizion == SOFTMAX_NORMALIZATION) sum += expf(w - max_val);
                 }
 
                 for (i = 0; i < (l->n + 1); ++i) {
                     int w_index = chan + i * layer_step;
                     float w = l->weights[w_index];
-                    if (l->weights_normalizion == RELU_NORMALIZATION) w = relu(w) / sum;
+                    if (l->weights_normalizion == RELU_NORMALIZATION) w = lrelu(w) / sum;
                     else if (l->weights_normalizion == SOFTMAX_NORMALIZATION) w = expf(w - max_val) / sum;
                     l->weights[w_index] = w;
                 }