diff --git a/python/paddle/dataset/mnist.py b/python/paddle/dataset/mnist.py
index ab0c62df25925771b192a15fc4f98173883c87b9..8dae48fae18734f998c31cc88e6e5c3e1b314bdd 100644
--- a/python/paddle/dataset/mnist.py
+++ b/python/paddle/dataset/mnist.py
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ def reader_creator(image_filename, label_filename, buffer_size):
                         buffer_size, rows * cols)).astype('float32')
                     offset_img += struct.calcsize(fmt_images)
 
-                    images = images / 255.0 * 2.0 - 1.0
+                    images = images / 255.0
+                    images = images * 2.0
+                    images = images - 1.0
+
                     for i in range(buffer_size):
                         yield images[i, :], int(labels[i])