diff --git a/ppdet/modeling/anchor_heads/yolo_head.py b/ppdet/modeling/anchor_heads/yolo_head.py
index 77b26b137e00bf0e9f64be721b7868a49040a0a7..bb4beeb677a01e12510f040bf939b2729a8970f8 100644
--- a/ppdet/modeling/anchor_heads/yolo_head.py
+++ b/ppdet/modeling/anchor_heads/yolo_head.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class YOLOv3Head(object):
                  act='leaky',
                  is_test=True,
                  name=None):
-        if coord_conv:
+        if coord_conv and self.coord_conv:
             input = self._add_coord(input)
         conv = fluid.layers.conv2d(
             input=input,