diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/fakedata.py b/torchvision/datasets/fakedata.py
index ccd99e03ed0..f079c1a92db 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/fakedata.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/fakedata.py
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ class FakeData(VisionDataset):
 
     def __init__(self, size=1000, image_size=(3, 224, 224), num_classes=10,
                  transform=None, target_transform=None, random_offset=0):
-        super(FakeData, self).__init__(None)
-        self.transform = transform
-        self.target_transform = target_transform
+        super(FakeData, self).__init__(None, transform=transform,
+                                       target_transform=target_transform)
         self.size = size
         self.num_classes = num_classes
         self.image_size = image_size
-        self.transform = transform
-        self.target_transform = target_transform
         self.random_offset = random_offset
 
     def __getitem__(self, index):