diff --git a/timm/models/mlp_mixer.py b/timm/models/mlp_mixer.py
index 98767036..ae5b6f49 100644
--- a/timm/models/mlp_mixer.py
+++ b/timm/models/mlp_mixer.py
@@ -307,11 +307,16 @@ class MlpMixer(nn.Module):
         )
         #self.sigmoid = nn.Sigmoid()
         self.sm = nn.Softmax(dim=1)
-        self.init_weights(nlhb=nlhb)
-
-    def init_weights(self, nlhb=False):
-        head_bias = -math.log(self.num_classes) if nlhb else 0.
-        named_apply(partial(_init_weights, head_bias=head_bias), module=self)  # depth-first
+        # self.init_weights(nlhb=nlhb)
+        self.apply(self.init_weights)
+
+    # def init_weights(self, nlhb=False):
+    #     head_bias = -math.log(self.num_classes) if nlhb else 0.
+    #     named_apply(partial(_init_weights, head_bias=head_bias), module=self)  # depth-first
+    def init_weights(m):
+        if isinstance(m, nn.Linear):
+            torch.nn.init.xavier_uniform(m.weight)
+            m.bias.data.fill_(0.01)
 
     def get_classifier(self):
         return self.head