Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate hybrid algorithm for a common zero point of the sum of two monotone operators which is also a fixed point of a family of countable quasi-nonexpansive mappings. We point out two incorrect proof in paper (Hecai in Fixed Point Theory Appl 2013:11, 2013 ). Further, we modify and generalize the results of Hecai’s paper, in which only a quasi-nonexpansive mapping was considered. In addition, two family of countable quasi-nonexpansive mappings with uniform closeness examples are provided to demonstrate our results. Finally, the results are applied to variational inequalities. Mathematics Subject Classfication: 47H05, 47H09, 47H10.