diff --git a/mmpose/models/backbones/mobilenet_v3.py b/mmpose/models/backbones/mobilenet_v3.py
index f38aeb4d41..d640abec79 100644
--- a/mmpose/models/backbones/mobilenet_v3.py
+++ b/mmpose/models/backbones/mobilenet_v3.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MobileNetV3(BaseBackbone):
         norm_cfg (dict): Config dict for normalization layer.
             Default: dict(type='BN').
         out_indices (None or Sequence[int]): Output from which stages.
-            Default: (10, ), which means output tensors from final stage.
+            Default: (-1, ), which means output tensors from final stage.
         frozen_stages (int): Stages to be frozen (all param fixed).
             Default: -1, which means not freezing any parameters.
         norm_eval (bool): Whether to set norm layers to eval mode, namely,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  arch='small',
                  conv_cfg=None,
                  norm_cfg=dict(type='BN'),
-                 out_indices=(10, ),
+                 out_indices=(-1, ),
                  frozen_stages=-1,
                  norm_eval=False,
                  with_cp=False):
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ def __init__(self,
         super().__init__()
         assert arch in self.arch_settings
         for index in out_indices:
-            if index not in range(0, len(self.arch_settings[arch])):
+            if index not in range(-len(self.arch_settings[arch]),
+                                  len(self.arch_settings[arch])):
                 raise ValueError('the item in out_indices must in '
                                  f'range(0, {len(self.arch_settings[arch])}). '
                                  f'But received {index}')
@@ -86,8 +87,6 @@ def __init__(self,
             raise ValueError('frozen_stages must be in range(-1, '
                              f'{len(self.arch_settings[arch])}). '
                              f'But received {frozen_stages}')
-        self.out_indices = out_indices
-        self.frozen_stages = frozen_stages
         self.arch = arch
         self.conv_cfg = conv_cfg
         self.norm_cfg = norm_cfg
@@ -162,7 +161,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
         for i, layer_name in enumerate(self.layers):
             layer = getattr(self, layer_name)
             x = layer(x)
-            if i in self.out_indices:
+            if i in self.out_indices or \
+                    i - len(self.layers) in self.out_indices:
                 outs.append(x)
 
         if len(outs) == 1: