diff --git a/timm/models/layers/norm.py b/timm/models/layers/norm.py
index 433552b4..aace107b 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/norm.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/norm.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ class GroupNorm(nn.GroupNorm):
 
 
 class LayerNorm2d(nn.LayerNorm):
-    """ Layernorm for channels of '2d' spatial BCHW tensors """
+    """ LayerNorm for channels of '2D' spatial BCHW tensors """
     def __init__(self, num_channels):
-        super().__init__([num_channels, 1, 1])
+        super().__init__(num_channels)
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-        return F.layer_norm(x, self.normalized_shape, self.weight, self.bias, self.eps)
+        return F.layer_norm(
+            x.permute(0, 2, 3, 1), self.normalized_shape, self.weight, self.bias, self.eps).permute(0, 3, 1, 2)