diff --git a/timm/models/efficientnet.py b/timm/models/efficientnet.py
index 3d50b704..0c6dddf1 100644
--- a/timm/models/efficientnet.py
+++ b/timm/models/efficientnet.py
@@ -560,6 +560,16 @@ def _create_effnet(variant, pretrained=False, **kwargs):
         features_only = True
         kwargs_filter = ('num_classes', 'num_features', 'head_conv', 'global_pool')
         model_cls = EfficientNetFeatures
+       
+    
+#     default_cfg = default_cfgs[variant]
+    if kwargs.get('pth_path', None):
+        # if use local weights and weights are existed
+        if os.path.exists(kwargs['pth_path']):
+            default_cfgs[variant].update({f'pth_path': kwargs.pop('pth_path')})
+        else:
+            print(f'Didn\'t find weights file:{kwargs["pth_path"]}')
+            
     model = build_model_with_cfg(
         model_cls, variant, pretrained,
         default_cfg=default_cfgs[variant],