diff --git a/tensorlayer/layers.py b/tensorlayer/layers.py
index 2b32ba743..da6a0168f 100755
--- a/tensorlayer/layers.py
+++ b/tensorlayer/layers.py
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ def _get_variable(name,
                                         trainable=False)
             moving_variance = _get_variable('moving_variance',
                                             params_shape,
-                                            initializer=tf.ones_initializer,
+                                            initializer=tf.ones_initializer(),
                                             trainable=False)
 
             # These ops will only be preformed when training.