diff --git a/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.cc b/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.cc
index 14469c708d0925979c496a2eb3580088bb6c81ba..c96b30ba353fabc48630258ea8f88f741b8c415e 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
diff --git a/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.h b/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.h
index 9dc37615f0a3266acd728f23356da4b6278f138d..ee82d5c10a5421b181e525f49a263d4808ede62f 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.h
+++ b/paddle/operators/lstmp_op.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_lstmp_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_lstmp_op.py
index 08fc32e117169fdef96a772e6b76463332b4eb40..f137fc61b38f6686a04794993407ca9fed31c56e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_lstmp_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_lstmp_op.py
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ def lstmp(
 
 
 class TestLstmpOp(OpTest):
-    def set_argument(self):
+    def reset_argument(self):
+        pass
+
+    def setUp(self):
         self.lod = [[0, 2, 5, 7]]
         # hidden size
         self.D = 16
@@ -147,8 +150,7 @@ class TestLstmpOp(OpTest):
         self.is_reverse = False
         self.use_peepholes = True
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.set_argument()
+        self.reset_argument()
         self.op_type = 'lstmp'
 
         T = self.lod[0][-1]
@@ -212,19 +214,8 @@ class TestLstmpOp(OpTest):
 
 
 class TestLstmpOpHasInitial(TestLstmpOp):
-    def set_argument(self):
-        self.lod = [[0, 2, 5, 7]]
-        self.D = 16
-        self.P = 5
-
-        self.act_gate = 'sigmoid'
-        self.act_cell = 'tanh'
-        self.act_cand = 'tanh'
-        self.act_proj = self.act_cell
-
+    def reset_argument(self):
         self.has_initial_state = True
-        self.is_reverse = True
-        self.use_peepholes = True
 
     def test_check_grad(self):
         # TODO(qingqing) remove folowing lines after the check_grad is refined.
@@ -313,52 +304,19 @@ class TestLstmpOpHasInitial(TestLstmpOp):
 
 
 class TestLstmpOpRerverse(TestLstmpOp):
-    def set_argument(self):
-        self.lod = [[0, 2, 5, 7]]
-        self.D = 16
-        self.P = 10
-
-        self.act_gate = 'sigmoid'
-        self.act_cell = 'tanh'
-        self.act_cand = 'tanh'
-        self.act_proj = self.act_cell
-
-        self.has_initial_state = False
+    def reset_argument(self):
         self.is_reverse = True
-        self.use_peepholes = True
 
 
 class TestLstmpOpNotUsePeepholes(TestLstmpOp):
-    def set_argument(self):
-        self.lod = [[0, 2, 5, 7]]
-        self.D = 16
-        self.P = 10
-
-        self.act_gate = 'sigmoid'
-        self.act_cell = 'tanh'
-        self.act_cand = 'tanh'
-        self.act_proj = self.act_cell
-
-        self.has_initial_state = False
-        self.is_reverse = False
+    def reset_argument(self):
         self.use_peepholes = False
 
 
 class TestLstmpOpLinearProjection(TestLstmpOp):
-    def set_argument(self):
-        self.lod = [[0, 2, 5, 7]]
-        self.D = 16
-        self.P = 10
-
-        self.act_gate = 'sigmoid'
-        self.act_cell = 'tanh'
-        self.act_cand = 'tanh'
+    def reset_argument(self):
         self.act_proj = 'identity'
 
-        self.has_initial_state = False
-        self.is_reverse = False
-        self.use_peepholes = True
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()