diff --git a/rllib/policy/tf_policy_template.py b/rllib/policy/tf_policy_template.py
index 980f5e749..c95fdcbf5 100644
--- a/rllib/policy/tf_policy_template.py
+++ b/rllib/policy/tf_policy_template.py
@@ -160,26 +160,26 @@ def build_tf_policy(name,
             if optimizer_fn:
                 return optimizer_fn(self, self.config)
             else:
-                return TFPolicy.optimizer(self)
+                return base.optimizer(self)
 
         @override(TFPolicy)
         def gradients(self, optimizer, loss):
             if gradients_fn:
                 return gradients_fn(self, optimizer, loss)
             else:
-                return TFPolicy.gradients(self, optimizer, loss)
+                return base.gradients(self, optimizer, loss)
 
         @override(TFPolicy)
         def build_apply_op(self, optimizer, grads_and_vars):
             if apply_gradients_fn:
                 return apply_gradients_fn(self, optimizer, grads_and_vars)
             else:
-                return TFPolicy.build_apply_op(self, optimizer, grads_and_vars)
+                return base.build_apply_op(self, optimizer, grads_and_vars)
 
         @override(TFPolicy)
         def extra_compute_action_fetches(self):
             return dict(
-                TFPolicy.extra_compute_action_fetches(self),
+                base.extra_compute_action_fetches(self),
                 **self._extra_action_fetches)
 
         @override(TFPolicy)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def build_tf_policy(name,
                     LEARNER_STATS_KEY: {}
                 }, **extra_learn_fetches_fn(self))
             else:
-                return TFPolicy.extra_compute_grad_fetches(self)
+                return base.extra_compute_grad_fetches(self)
 
     @staticmethod
     def with_updates(**overrides):
diff --git a/rllib/tests/test_optimizers.py b/rllib/tests/test_optimizers.py
index 58e5fef3b..395aaeda6 100644
--- a/rllib/tests/test_optimizers.py
+++ b/rllib/tests/test_optimizers.py
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ from ray.rllib.utils import try_import_tf
 tf = try_import_tf()
 
 
+class LRScheduleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def tearDown(self):
+        ray.shutdown()
+
+    def testBasic(self):
+        ray.init(num_cpus=2)
+        ppo = PPOTrainer(
+            env="CartPole-v0",
+            config={"lr_schedule": [[0, 1e-5], [1000, 0.0]]})
+        for _ in range(10):
+            result = ppo.train()
+        assert result["episode_reward_mean"] < 100, "should not have learned"
+
+
 class AsyncOptimizerTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         ray.shutdown()