diff --git a/torchvision/models/densenet.py b/torchvision/models/densenet.py
index e95018a970a..82863811bbc 100644
--- a/torchvision/models/densenet.py
+++ b/torchvision/models/densenet.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def __init__(self, growth_rate=32, block_config=(6, 12, 24, 16),
         # Official init from torch repo.
         for m in self.modules():
             if isinstance(m, nn.Conv2d):
-                nn.init.kaiming_normal(m.weight.data)
+                nn.init.kaiming_normal_(m.weight.data)
             elif isinstance(m, nn.BatchNorm2d):
                 m.weight.data.fill_(1)
                 m.bias.data.zero_()