diff --git a/example/mxnet/train_cifar100_byteps_gc.py b/example/mxnet/train_cifar100_byteps_gc.py
index 4273fcb8c..5ffa7298f 100644
--- a/example/mxnet/train_cifar100_byteps_gc.py
+++ b/example/mxnet/train_cifar100_byteps_gc.py
@@ -179,18 +179,24 @@ def main():
         save_dir = ''
         save_period = 0
 
+    # from https://github.com/weiaicunzai/pytorch-cifar/blob/master/conf/global_settings.py
+    CIFAR100_TRAIN_MEAN = [0.5070751592371323,
+                           0.48654887331495095, 0.4409178433670343]
+    CIFAR100_TRAIN_STD = [0.2673342858792401,
+                          0.2564384629170883, 0.27615047132568404]
+
     transform_train = transforms.Compose([
         gcv_transforms.RandomCrop(32, pad=4),
         transforms.RandomFlipLeftRight(),
         transforms.ToTensor(),
-        transforms.Normalize([0.4914, 0.4822, 0.4465],
-                             [0.2023, 0.1994, 0.2010])
+        transforms.Normalize(CIFAR100_TRAIN_MEAN,
+                             CIFAR100_TRAIN_STD)
     ])
 
     transform_test = transforms.Compose([
         transforms.ToTensor(),
-        transforms.Normalize([0.4914, 0.4822, 0.4465],
-                             [0.2023, 0.1994, 0.2010])
+        transforms.Normalize(CIFAR100_TRAIN_MEAN,
+                             CIFAR100_TRAIN_STD)
     ])
 
     def test(ctx, val_data):