diff --git a/timm/layers/layer_scale.py b/timm/layers/layer_scale.py
index 123073bcd1..aee0ae19cc 100644
--- a/timm/layers/layer_scale.py
+++ b/timm/layers/layer_scale.py
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ def __init__(
             dtype=None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
+        self.init_values = init_values
         self.inplace = inplace
-        self.gamma = nn.Parameter(init_values * torch.empty(dim, device=device, dtype=dtype))
+        self.gamma = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(dim, device=device, dtype=dtype))
 
         self.reset_parameters()
 
     def reset_parameters(self):
-        torch.nn.init.ones_(self.gamma)
+        torch.nn.init.constant_(self.gamma, self.init_values)
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         return x.mul_(self.gamma) if self.inplace else x * self.gamma
@@ -38,13 +39,14 @@ def __init__(
             dtype=None,
     ):
         super().__init__()
+        self.init_values = init_values
         self.inplace = inplace
-        self.gamma = nn.Parameter(init_values * torch.empty(dim, device=device, dtype=dtype))
+        self.gamma = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(dim, device=device, dtype=dtype))
 
         self.reset_parameters()
 
     def reset_parameters(self):
-        torch.nn.init.ones_(self.gamma)
+        torch.nn.init.constant_(self.gamma, self.init_values)
 
     def forward(self, x):
         gamma = self.gamma.view(1, -1, 1, 1)