diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py b/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
index 2ec6efcb44..0d1aa8c447 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __init__(
                     ("relu", nn.ReLU(inplace=True)),
                     ("norm", avg_pool_type(1)),
                     ("flatten", nn.Flatten(1)),
-                    ("class", nn.Linear(in_channels, out_channels)),
+                    ("out", nn.Linear(in_channels, out_channels)),
                 ]
             )
         )