diff --git a/tensorflow_addons/losses/focal_loss.py b/tensorflow_addons/losses/focal_loss.py
index b7f9c946ad..b0c1a59876 100644
--- a/tensorflow_addons/losses/focal_loss.py
+++ b/tensorflow_addons/losses/focal_loss.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
         from_logits: bool = False,
         alpha: FloatTensorLike = 0.25,
         gamma: FloatTensorLike = 2.0,
-        reduction: str = tf.keras.losses.Reduction.NONE,
+        reduction: str = tf.keras.losses.Reduction.AUTO,
         name: str = "sigmoid_focal_crossentropy",
     ):
         super().__init__(