diff --git a/python/mxnet/image/detection.py b/python/mxnet/image/detection.py
index f866d430c821..7fbc4c66c8e7 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/image/detection.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/image/detection.py
@@ -891,17 +891,16 @@ def draw_next(self, color=None, thickness=2, mean=None, std=None, clip=True,
                     y2 = int(label[i, 4] * height)
                     bc = np.random.rand(3) * 255 if not color else color
                     cv2.rectangle(image, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), bc, thickness)
-                    
                     if id2labels is not None:
                         cls_id = int(label[i, 0])
                         if cls_id in id2labels:
                             cls_name = id2labels[cls_id]
                             text = "{:s}".format(cls_name)
                             font = cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX
-                            font_scale = 0.5
                             text_height = cv2.getTextSize(text, font, font_scale, 2)[0][1]
-                            cv2.putText(image, text, (x1 + 5, y1 + text_height + 5), font, 0.5, (255, 255, 255), 2)
-                    
+                            tc = (255, 255, 255)
+                            tpos = (x1 + 5, y1 + text_height + 5)
+                            cv2.putText(image, text, tpos, font, 0.5, tc, 2)
                 if waitKey is not None:
                     cv2.imshow(window_name, image)
                     cv2.waitKey(waitKey)