diff --git a/mmcv/runner/epoch_based_runner.py b/mmcv/runner/epoch_based_runner.py
index 1ec616ce13..1e1de295ed 100644
--- a/mmcv/runner/epoch_based_runner.py
+++ b/mmcv/runner/epoch_based_runner.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def train(self, data_loader, **kwargs):
         for i, data_batch in enumerate(self.data_loader):
             self._inner_iter = i
             self.call_hook('before_train_iter')
-            self.run_iter(data_batch, train_mode=True)
+            self.run_iter(data_batch, train_mode=True, **kwargs)
             self.call_hook('after_train_iter')
             self._iter += 1