diff --git a/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py b/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
index 02bc1d140cef0ccc1a043d0ec3c441106957d552..749060a053f1442f4bf5df6c5f4b56205e893be8 100644
--- a/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
+++ b/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class BaseRecLabelDecode(object):
     def __init__(self, character_dict_path=None, use_space_char=False):
         self.beg_str = "sos"
         self.end_str = "eos"
-
+        self.reverse = False
         self.character_str = []
         if character_dict_path is None:
             self.character_str = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class BaseRecLabelDecode(object):
             dict_character = list(self.character_str)
             if 'arabic' in character_dict_path:
                 self.reverse = True
-            else:
-                self.reverse = False
 
         dict_character = self.add_special_char(dict_character)
         self.dict = {}