diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/ps/the_one_ps.py b/python/paddle/distributed/ps/the_one_ps.py
index 5765a5e24b20db17fe6d858460f9d8e3e7cff7f3..0ce5e70788e72b9987fc6d445e72526b40b5f8fe 100755
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/ps/the_one_ps.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/ps/the_one_ps.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ class Accessor:
                     sgd_param.name = "SparseNaiveSGDRule"
                 if common_accessor.accessor_class == "adam":
                     sgd_param.name = "SparseAdamSGDRule"
+                else:  # for fl-ps, because geo accessor is 'sum'
+                    sgd_param.name = "SparseAdamSGDRule"
 
             if sgd_param.name == "SparseAdaGradSGDRule" or sgd_param.name == "StdAdaGradSGDRule":
                 if not sgd_param.adagrad.HasField("learning_rate"):