diff --git a/mindspore/common/initializer.py b/mindspore/common/initializer.py
index f611f059d3..8278bf5c3f 100644
--- a/mindspore/common/initializer.py
+++ b/mindspore/common/initializer.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import math
 from functools import reduce
 import numpy as np
 from scipy.stats import truncnorm
-from .seed import _get_graph_seed
+from .seed import get_seed, _get_graph_seed
 from . import dtype as mstype
 from .tensor import Tensor, MetaTensor
 from .._c_expression import random_normal
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ class Initializer:
 
     @property
     def seed(self):
-        seed_ = self._seed if self._seed is not None else 1
+        seed_ = self._seed if self._seed is not None else get_seed()
+        if seed_ is None:
+            seed_ = 1
         _, seed = _get_graph_seed(seed_, "init")
         return seed
 
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ def initializer(init, shape=None, dtype=mstype.float32):
         dtype (:class:`mindspore.dtype`): The type of data in initialized tensor. Default: mindspore.float32.
 
     Returns:
-        Union[Tensor, Initializer], When `init` is Tensor, the return is Tensor object,
+        Union[Tensor, MetaTensor], When `init` is Tensor, the return is Tensor object,
         otherwise the return is Initialize object.
 
     Examples:
diff --git a/tests/st/tbe_networks/resnet.py b/tests/st/tbe_networks/resnet.py
index 53e47b9310..7224c0843e 100644
--- a/tests/st/tbe_networks/resnet.py
+++ b/tests/st/tbe_networks/resnet.py
@@ -16,19 +16,9 @@ import numpy as np
 
 import mindspore.nn as nn
 from mindspore import Tensor
-from mindspore.common import dtype as mstype
-from mindspore.common.initializer import initializer
 from mindspore.ops import operations as P
 
 
-def weight_variable(shape):
-    return initializer('XavierUniform', shape=shape, dtype=mstype.float32)
-
-
-def weight_variable_uniform(shape):
-    return initializer('Uniform', shape=shape, dtype=mstype.float32)
-
-
 def weight_variable_0(shape):
     zeros = np.zeros(shape).astype(np.float32)
     return Tensor(zeros)
@@ -41,26 +31,23 @@ def weight_variable_1(shape):
 
 def conv3x3(in_channels, out_channels, stride=1, padding=0):
     """3x3 convolution """
-    weight_shape = (out_channels, in_channels, 3, 3)
-    weight = weight_variable(weight_shape)
     return nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels,
-                     kernel_size=3, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init=weight, has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
+                     kernel_size=3, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init='XavierUniform',
+                     has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
 
 
 def conv1x1(in_channels, out_channels, stride=1, padding=0):
     """1x1 convolution"""
-    weight_shape = (out_channels, in_channels, 1, 1)
-    weight = weight_variable(weight_shape)
     return nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels,
-                     kernel_size=1, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init=weight, has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
+                     kernel_size=1, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init='XavierUniform',
+                     has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
 
 
 def conv7x7(in_channels, out_channels, stride=1, padding=0):
     """1x1 convolution"""
-    weight_shape = (out_channels, in_channels, 7, 7)
-    weight = weight_variable(weight_shape)
     return nn.Conv2d(in_channels, out_channels,
-                     kernel_size=7, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init=weight, has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
+                     kernel_size=7, stride=stride, padding=padding, weight_init='Uniform',
+                     has_bias=False, pad_mode="same")
 
 
 def bn_with_initialize(out_channels):
@@ -68,8 +55,7 @@ def bn_with_initialize(out_channels):
     mean = weight_variable_0(shape)
     var = weight_variable_1(shape)
     beta = weight_variable_0(shape)
-    gamma = weight_variable_uniform(shape)
-    bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels, momentum=0.99, eps=0.00001, gamma_init=gamma,
+    bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels, momentum=0.99, eps=0.00001, gamma_init='Uniform',
                         beta_init=beta, moving_mean_init=mean, moving_var_init=var)
     return bn
 
@@ -79,18 +65,13 @@ def bn_with_initialize_last(out_channels):
     mean = weight_variable_0(shape)
     var = weight_variable_1(shape)
     beta = weight_variable_0(shape)
-    gamma = weight_variable_uniform(shape)
-    bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels, momentum=0.99, eps=0.00001, gamma_init=gamma,
+    bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels, momentum=0.99, eps=0.00001, gamma_init='Uniform',
                         beta_init=beta, moving_mean_init=mean, moving_var_init=var)
     return bn
 
 
 def fc_with_initialize(input_channels, out_channels):
-    weight_shape = (out_channels, input_channels)
-    weight = weight_variable(weight_shape)
-    bias_shape = (out_channels)
-    bias = weight_variable_uniform(bias_shape)
-    return nn.Dense(input_channels, out_channels, weight, bias)
+    return nn.Dense(input_channels, out_channels, weight_init='XavierUniform', bias_init='Uniform')
 
 
 class ResidualBlock(nn.Cell):
diff --git a/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_using_seed_for_initializer.py b/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_using_seed_for_initializer.py
index 5380c65fa9..2e6d4fb222 100644
--- a/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_using_seed_for_initializer.py
+++ b/tests/ut/python/parallel/test_using_seed_for_initializer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import numpy as np
 from numpy import allclose
 from mindspore.common import set_seed
 import mindspore.common.initializer as init
@@ -54,10 +53,10 @@ def test_using_same_seed_for_initializer():
 
 
 def test_using_diffserent_seed_for_initializer():
-    np.random.seed(0)
+    set_seed(0)
     net1 = ParameterNet()
     net1.init_parameters_data()
-    np.random.seed(1)
+    set_seed(1)
     net2 = ParameterNet()
     net2.init_parameters_data()
     for key in net1.parameters_dict():