diff --git a/examples/run_lm_finetuning.py b/examples/run_lm_finetuning.py
index 1d93aa4381..9bdbf9ca56 100644
--- a/examples/run_lm_finetuning.py
+++ b/examples/run_lm_finetuning.py
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ def train(args, train_dataset, model, tokenizer):
         ]
     optimizer = AdamW(optimizer_grouped_parameters, lr=args.learning_rate, eps=args.adam_epsilon)
     scheduler = get_linear_schedule_with_warmup(optimizer, num_warmup_steps=args.warmup_steps, num_training_steps=t_total)
+
+    # Check if saved optimizer or scheduler states exist
+    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(args.model_name_or_path, 'optimizer.pt')) and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(args.model_name_or_path, 'scheduler.pt')):
+        # Load in optimizer and scheduler states
+        optimizer.load_state_dict(torch.load(os.path.join(args.model_name_or_path, 'optimizer.pt')))
+        scheduler.load_state_dict(torch.load(os.path.join(args.model_name_or_path, 'scheduler.pt')))
+
     if args.fp16:
         try:
             from apex import amp