diff --git a/freqtrade/freqai/base_models/PyTorchModelTrainer.py b/freqtrade/freqai/base_models/PyTorchModelTrainer.py
index 0ca28d2e9..99ee44e3b 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqai/base_models/PyTorchModelTrainer.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqai/base_models/PyTorchModelTrainer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 import pandas as pd
 import torch
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class PyTorchModelTrainer:
             device: str,
             batch_size: int,
             max_iters: int,
-            eval_iters: int,
+            max_n_eval_batches: int,
             init_model: Dict,
             model_meta_data: Dict[str, Any] = {},
     ):
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PyTorchModelTrainer:
         :param max_iters: The number of training iterations to run.
             iteration here refers to the number of times we call
             self.optimizer.step(). used to calculate n_epochs.
-        :param eval_iters: The number of iterations used to estimate the loss.
+        :param max_n_eval_batches: The maximum number batches to use for evaluation.
         :param init_model: A dictionary containing the initial model/optimizer
          state_dict and model_meta_data saved by self.save() method.
         :param model_meta_data: Additional metadata about the model (optional).
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class PyTorchModelTrainer:
         self.device = device
         self.max_iters = max_iters
         self.batch_size = batch_size
-        self.eval_iters = eval_iters
+        self.max_n_eval_batches = max_n_eval_batches
 
         if init_model:
             self.load_from_checkpoint(init_model)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PyTorchModelTrainer:
         )
         for epoch in range(epochs):
             # evaluation
-            losses = self.estimate_loss(data_loaders_dictionary, data_dictionary)
+            losses = self.estimate_loss(data_loaders_dictionary, self.max_n_eval_batches)
             logger.info(
                 f"epoch ({epoch}/{epochs}):"
                 f" train loss {losses['train']:.4f} ; test loss {losses['test']:.4f}"
@@ -88,27 +88,27 @@ class PyTorchModelTrainer:
     def estimate_loss(
             self,
             data_loader_dictionary: Dict[str, DataLoader],
-            data_dictionary: Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]
+            max_n_eval_batches: Optional[int]
     ) -> Dict[str, float]:
 
         self.model.eval()
-        epochs = self.calc_n_epochs(
-            n_obs=len(data_dictionary["test_features"]),
-            batch_size=self.batch_size,
-            n_iters=self.eval_iters
-        )
         loss_dictionary = {}
+        n_batches = 0
         for split in ["train", "test"]:
-            losses = torch.zeros(epochs)
+            losses = []
             for i, batch in enumerate(data_loader_dictionary[split]):
+                if max_n_eval_batches and i > max_n_eval_batches:
+                    n_batches += 1
+                    break
+
                 xb, yb = batch
                 xb = xb.to(self.device)
                 yb = yb.to(self.device)
                 yb_pred = self.model(xb)
                 loss = self.criterion(yb_pred, yb)
-                losses[i] = loss.item()
+                losses.append(loss.item())
 
-            loss_dictionary[split] = losses.mean().item()
+            loss_dictionary[split] = sum(losses) / len(losses)
 
         self.model.train()
         return loss_dictionary
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqai/prediction_models/PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget.py b/freqtrade/freqai/prediction_models/PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget.py
index a5b8b1591..f951778bf 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqai/prediction_models/PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqai/prediction_models/PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget(BasePyTorchModel):
         self.max_iters = model_training_parameters.get("max_iters", 100)
         self.batch_size = model_training_parameters.get("batch_size", 64)
         self.learning_rate = model_training_parameters.get("learning_rate", 3e-4)
-        self.eval_iters = model_training_parameters.get("eval_iters", 10)
+        self.max_n_eval_batches = model_training_parameters.get("max_n_eval_batches", None)
         self.class_name_to_index = None
         self.index_to_class_name = None
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class PyTorchClassifierMultiTarget(BasePyTorchModel):
             device=self.device,
             batch_size=self.batch_size,
             max_iters=self.max_iters,
-            eval_iters=self.eval_iters,
+            max_n_eval_batches=self.max_n_eval_batches,
             init_model=init_model
         )
         trainer.fit(data_dictionary)