diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/loss.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/loss.py
index 0954fe7f548d31c63f27be0492315e1ac4438971..ed64c96eb6f33fc852c7916862212de2523920a9 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/loss.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/loss.py
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ def npair_loss(anchor, positive, labels, l2_reg=0.002):
     batch_size = labels.shape[0]
 
     labels = nn.reshape(labels, shape=[batch_size, 1])
-    labels = nn.expand(labels, expand_times=[1, batch_size])
+    labels = paddle.tile(labels, repeat_times=[1, batch_size])
 
     labels = equal(labels, nn.transpose(labels, perm=[1, 0])).astype('float32')
     labels = labels / nn.reduce_sum(labels, dim=1, keep_dim=True)
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ def npair_loss(anchor, positive, labels, l2_reg=0.002):
              + nn.reduce_mean(nn.reduce_sum(square(positive), 1))
     l2loss = l2loss * Beta * l2_reg
 
-    similarity_matrix = nn.matmul(
+    similarity_matrix = paddle.matmul(
         anchor, positive, transpose_x=False, transpose_y=True)
     softmax_ce = softmax_with_cross_entropy(
         logits=similarity_matrix, label=labels, soft_label=True)