diff --git a/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py b/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
index d15298f85..e2fd387c8 100644
--- a/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
+++ b/script/app-mlperf-inference-nvidia/customize.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def preprocess(i):
         dataset_path = env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_PATH']
         #return {'return': 1, 'error': 'error'}
 
-        annotations_path = env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH']
+        annotations_path = env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH']
         target_data_path_dir = os.path.join(env['MLPERF_SCRATCH_PATH'], 'data', 'open-images-v6-mlperf')
         if not os.path.exists(target_data_path_dir):
             cmds.append(f"mkdir -p {target_data_path_dir}")
diff --git a/script/app-mlperf-inference/_cm.yaml b/script/app-mlperf-inference/_cm.yaml
index c6b480efc..54d7e3073 100644
--- a/script/app-mlperf-inference/_cm.yaml
+++ b/script/app-mlperf-inference/_cm.yaml
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ docker:
    - "${{ CM_DATASET_IMAGENET_PATH }}:${{ CM_DATASET_IMAGENET_PATH }}"
    - "${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_PATH }}:${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_PATH }}"
    - "${{ CM_OPENIMAGES_CALIBRATION_DATASET_PATH }}:${{ CM_OPENIMAGES_CALIBRATION_DATASET_PATH }}"
-   - "${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH }}:${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH }}"
+   - "${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH }}:${{ CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH }}"
    - "${{ CM_MLPERF_INFERENCE_RESULTS_DIR }}:${{ CM_MLPERF_INFERENCE_RESULTS_DIR }}"
    - "${{ OUTPUT_BASE_DIR }}:${{ OUTPUT_BASE_DIR }}"
    - "${{ CM_MLPERF_INFERENCE_SUBMISSION_DIR }}:${{ CM_MLPERF_INFERENCE_SUBMISSION_DIR }}"
diff --git a/script/get-dataset-openimages/_cm.json b/script/get-dataset-openimages/_cm.json
index c57f5ffbc..b93cf8aa0 100644
--- a/script/get-dataset-openimages/_cm.json
+++ b/script/get-dataset-openimages/_cm.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "CM_CALIBRATION_DATASET_PATH",
     "CM_CALIBRATION_DATASET_PATH_ROOT",
     "CM_OPENIMAGES_CALIBRATION_DATASET_PATH",
+    "CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH",
     "CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH"
   ],
   "tags": [
diff --git a/script/get-dataset-openimages/customize.py b/script/get-dataset-openimages/customize.py
index 2d788b853..84d1f5231 100644
--- a/script/get-dataset-openimages/customize.py
+++ b/script/get-dataset-openimages/customize.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def postprocess(i):
         env['CM_DATASET_PATH'] = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'install', 'validation', 'data')
         annotations_file_path = os.path.join(env['CM_DATASET_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH'], "openimages-mlperf.json")
         env['CM_DATASET_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH'] = annotations_file_path
-        env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH'] = annotations_file_path
         env['CM_DATASET_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH'] = annotations_file_path
+        env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_VALIDATION_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH'] = annotations_file_path
         if env.get("CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_CUSTOM_ANNOTATIONS",'') == "yes":
             annotations_file_src = env['CM_DATASET_OPENIMAGES_ANNOTATIONS_FILE_PATH']
             shutil.copy(annotations_file_src, env['CM_DATASET_ANNOTATIONS_DIR_PATH'])