diff --git a/jax/nn/functions.py b/jax/nn/functions.py
index d035fba59..5b67c0f2b 100644
--- a/jax/nn/functions.py
+++ b/jax/nn/functions.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def selu(x):
   """Scaled exponential linear unit activation"""
   alpha = 1.6732632423543772848170429916717
   scale = 1.0507009873554804934193349852946
-  return scale * leaky_relu(x, alpha)
+  return scale * elu(x, alpha)
 
 @jarrett
 def gelu(x):