diff --git a/python/mxnet/optimizer.py b/python/mxnet/optimizer.py
index 3073893de4a6..e7b8013952b8 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/optimizer.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/optimizer.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import math
 import pickle
 import logging
+import mxnet as mx
 from .ndarray import NDArray, clip, sqrt, sign
 from .ndarray import sgd_update, sgd_mom_update, adam_update, rmsprop_update, rmspropalex_update
 from .random import normal
-import mxnet as mx
 
 
 class Optimizer(object):
diff --git a/python/mxnet/test_utils.py b/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
index bf4c5b9580c0..38c79aedfcbd 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/test_utils.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 except ImportError:
     # in rare cases requests may be not installed
     pass
+import mxnet as mx
 from .context import Context
 from .ndarray import array, _STORAGE_TYPE_STR_TO_ID
 from .symbol import Symbol
-import mxnet as mx
 
 _rng = np.random.RandomState(1234)