diff --git a/include/caffe/blob.hpp b/include/caffe/blob.hpp
index 7e59bce16b..e5cdc32529 100644
--- a/include/caffe/blob.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/blob.hpp
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ class Blob {
   void FromProto(const BlobProto& proto);
   void Lift3DFromProto(const BlobProto& proto, const int l);
   void ToProto(BlobProto* proto, bool write_diff = false) const;
-  void SetAllValue(Dtype val);
 
   // Set the data_/diff_ shared_ptr to point to the SyncedMemory holding the
   // data_/diff_ of Blob other -- useful in layers which simply perform a copy
diff --git a/src/caffe/blob.cpp b/src/caffe/blob.cpp
index d7e86478c0..19fdbae6e5 100644
--- a/src/caffe/blob.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/blob.cpp
@@ -225,14 +225,6 @@ void Blob<Dtype>::ToProto(BlobProto* proto, bool write_diff) const {
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Dtype>
-void Blob<Dtype>::SetAllValue(Dtype val){
-  Dtype* data_vec = mutable_cpu_data();
-  for (int i = 0; i < count_; ++i) {
-    data_vec[i] = (Dtype)val;
-  }
-}
-
 INSTANTIATE_CLASS(Blob);
 
 }  // namespace caffe
diff --git a/src/caffe/layers/video_data_layer.cpp b/src/caffe/layers/video_data_layer.cpp
index 49ce77423e..2332683274 100644
--- a/src/caffe/layers/video_data_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/layers/video_data_layer.cpp
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ void VideoDataLayer<Dtype>::SetUp(const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& bottom,
     data_mean_.Reshape(1, datum_channels_, datum_length_, datum_height_, datum_width_);
     if (this->layer_param_.image_data_param().has_mean_value()){
     	LOG(INFO) << "Using mean value of " << this->layer_param_.image_data_param().mean_value();
-    	data_mean_.SetAllValue(this->layer_param_.image_data_param().mean_value());
+    	caffe::caffe_set(data_mean_.count(), (Dtype)this->layer_param_.image_data_param().mean_value(),
+    				(Dtype*)data_mean_.mutable_cpu_data());
     }
   }