diff --git a/loss/__init__.py b/loss/__init__.py
index 6eaa4c766db1ce4f826758b838da244d7c21e73d..43399e76166677b916712df59ed74c7eca535d8a 100644
--- a/loss/__init__.py
+++ b/loss/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from loss.cross_entropy import LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy, SparseLabelCrossEntropy
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+from loss.cross_entropy import LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy, SoftTargetCrossEntropy
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diff --git a/loss/cross_entropy.py b/loss/cross_entropy.py
index 821b1fe312a3feabf2a67d71f7beac3bc78a7994..60bef646cc6c31fd734f234346dbc4255def6622 100644
--- a/loss/cross_entropy.py
+++ b/loss/cross_entropy.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ class LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy(nn.Module):
         return loss.mean()
 
 
-class SparseLabelCrossEntropy(nn.Module):
+class SoftTargetCrossEntropy(nn.Module):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        super(SparseLabelCrossEntropy, self).__init__()
+        super(SoftTargetCrossEntropy, self).__init__()
 
     def forward(self, x, target):
         loss = torch.sum(-target * F.log_softmax(x, dim=-1), dim=-1)
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 38d8699225c6222bc796567959f8479b5bbe8236..9a81eecb62cbbc0aefd9ecfed9d186132357720d 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from data import Dataset, create_loader, resolve_data_config, FastCollateMixup, mixup_target
 from models import create_model, resume_checkpoint
 from utils import *
-from loss import LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy, SparseLabelCrossEntropy
+from loss import LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy, SoftTargetCrossEntropy
 from optim import create_optimizer
 from scheduler import create_scheduler
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def main():
 
     if args.mixup > 0.:
         # smoothing is handled with mixup label transform
-        train_loss_fn = SparseLabelCrossEntropy().cuda()
+        train_loss_fn = SoftTargetCrossEntropy().cuda()
         validate_loss_fn = nn.CrossEntropyLoss().cuda()
     elif args.smoothing:
         train_loss_fn = LabelSmoothingCrossEntropy(smoothing=args.smoothing).cuda()