diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py b/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
index dcbb7d7fb47735089bb151cd8998c36139c94594..a0a778759b0300f0b6165aa1f4525b07e86322b6 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ def get_value_for_bool_tensor(var, item):
         return paddle.empty(var_shape, dtype=var.dtype)
 
     from .layers.control_flow import cond
-    return cond(paddle.logical_not(item.any()), lambda: idx_empty(var),
-                lambda: idx_not_empty(var, item))
+    return cond(item.any(), lambda: idx_not_empty(var, item),
+                lambda: idx_empty(var))
 
 
 def _getitem_impl_(var, item):