diff --git a/mmseg/models/losses/dice_loss.py b/mmseg/models/losses/dice_loss.py
index 27da861f9..b94ece3a2 100644
--- a/mmseg/models/losses/dice_loss.py
+++ b/mmseg/models/losses/dice_loss.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def dice_loss(pred,
               smooth=1,
               exponent=2,
               class_weight=None,
-              ignore_index=-1):
+              ignore_index=255):
     assert pred.shape[0] == target.shape[0]
     total_loss = 0
     num_classes = pred.shape[1]
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ def dice_loss(pred,
 @weighted_loss
 def binary_dice_loss(pred, target, valid_mask, smooth=1, exponent=2, **kwards):
     assert pred.shape[0] == target.shape[0]
-    pred = pred.contiguous().view(pred.shape[0], -1)
-    target = target.contiguous().view(target.shape[0], -1)
-    valid_mask = valid_mask.contiguous().view(valid_mask.shape[0], -1)
+    pred = pred.reshape(pred.shape[0], -1)
+    target = target.reshape(target.shape[0], -1)
+    valid_mask = valid_mask.reshape(valid_mask.shape[0], -1)
 
     num = torch.sum(torch.mul(pred, target) * valid_mask, dim=1) * 2 + smooth
     den = torch.sum(pred.pow(exponent) + target.pow(exponent), dim=1) + smooth
@@ -70,19 +70,14 @@ class DiceLoss(nn.Module):
     """
 
     def __init__(self,
-                 loss_type='multi_class',
                  smooth=1,
                  exponent=2,
                  reduction='mean',
                  class_weight=None,
                  loss_weight=1.0,
-                 ignore_index=255):
+                 ignore_index=255,
+                 **kwards):
         super(DiceLoss, self).__init__()
-        assert loss_type in ['multi_class', 'binary']
-        if loss_type == 'multi_class':
-            self.cls_criterion = dice_loss
-        else:
-            self.cls_criterion = binary_dice_loss
         self.smooth = smooth
         self.exponent = exponent
         self.reduction = reduction
@@ -90,7 +85,12 @@ class DiceLoss(nn.Module):
         self.loss_weight = loss_weight
         self.ignore_index = ignore_index
 
-    def forward(self, pred, target, avg_factor=None, reduction_override=None):
+    def forward(self,
+                pred,
+                target,
+                avg_factor=None,
+                reduction_override=None,
+                **kwards):
         assert reduction_override in (None, 'none', 'mean', 'sum')
         reduction = (
             reduction_override if reduction_override else self.reduction)
@@ -100,10 +100,13 @@ class DiceLoss(nn.Module):
             class_weight = None
 
         pred = F.softmax(pred, dim=1)
-        one_hot_target = F.one_hot(torch.clamp_min(target.long(), 0))
+        num_classes = pred.shape[1]
+        one_hot_target = F.one_hot(
+            torch.clamp(target.long(), 0, num_classes - 1),
+            num_classes=num_classes)
         valid_mask = (target != self.ignore_index).long()
 
-        loss = self.loss_weight * self.cls_criterion(
+        loss = self.loss_weight * dice_loss(
             pred,
             one_hot_target,
             valid_mask=valid_mask,
diff --git a/tests/test_models/test_losses.py b/tests/test_models/test_losses.py
index 481a8e92c..c58e6a505 100644
--- a/tests/test_models/test_losses.py
+++ b/tests/test_models/test_losses.py
@@ -207,19 +207,9 @@ def test_lovasz_loss():
 def test_dice_lose():
     from mmseg.models import build_loss
 
-    # loss_type should be 'binary' or 'multi_class'
-    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-        loss_cfg = dict(
-            type='DiceLoss',
-            loss_type='Binary',
-            reduction='none',
-            loss_weight=1.0)
-        build_loss(loss_cfg)
-
     # test dice loss with loss_type = 'multi_class'
     loss_cfg = dict(
         type='DiceLoss',
-        loss_type='multi_class',
         reduction='none',
         class_weight=[1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
         loss_weight=1.0,
@@ -232,13 +222,12 @@ def test_dice_lose():
     # test dice loss with loss_type = 'binary'
     loss_cfg = dict(
         type='DiceLoss',
-        loss_type='binary',
         smooth=2,
         exponent=3,
         reduction='sum',
         loss_weight=1.0,
         ignore_index=0)
     dice_loss = build_loss(loss_cfg)
-    logits = torch.rand(16, 4, 4)
-    labels = (torch.rand(16, 4, 4)).long()
+    logits = torch.rand(8, 2, 4, 4)
+    labels = (torch.rand(8, 4, 4) * 2).long()
     dice_loss(logits, labels)