diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/controlflow/while_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/controlflow/while_op.cc
index a5e3183774f990b37ffe216920fea1e325e4a482..248d899aa2d5d6876c5e31ccc75a342a44a6d73e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/controlflow/while_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/controlflow/while_op.cc
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ class WhileOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     auto &cond = scope.FindVar(Input(kCondition))->Get<phi::DenseTensor>();
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
-        cond.dims(),
-        phi::make_ddim({1}),
+        cond.numel(),
+        1,
         platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
-            "The shape of Input(Condition) of WhileOp must be 1. But now "
-            "the Condition's shape is ",
-            cond.dims().to_str(),
+            "The numel of Input(Condition) of WhileOp must be 1. But now "
+            "the Condition's numel is ",
+            cond.numel(),
             ".\n"));
 
 #ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_zero_dim_tensor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_zero_dim_tensor.py
index 1ddf9f897dbc3b99432ba32e27b9a45d218ed9ec..b00d305895a5c37c382f1479b16c7bf007555120 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_zero_dim_tensor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_zero_dim_tensor.py
@@ -1590,6 +1590,32 @@ class TestSundryAPI(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(out2.grad.shape, [])
         self.assertEqual(x.grad.shape, [])
 
+    def test_while_loop(self):
+        def cond(i, x):
+            return paddle.less_than(i, eleven)
+
+        def body(i, x):
+            x = x + i
+            i = i + 1
+            return [i, x]
+
+        i = paddle.full([], 1.0, dtype='float32')
+        i.stop_gradient = False
+        eleven = paddle.full([], 11, dtype='float32')
+        x = paddle.full([], 0.0, dtype='float32')
+        x.stop_gradient = False
+        out_i, out_x = paddle.static.nn.while_loop(cond, body, [i, x])
+        out_x.backward()
+
+        self.assertEqual(out_i.shape, [])
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(out_i, np.array(11))
+        self.assertEqual(out_x.shape, [])
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(out_x, np.array(55))
+        self.assertEqual(i.grad.shape, [])
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(i.grad, np.array(10))
+        self.assertEqual(x.grad.shape, [])
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(x.grad, np.array(1.0))
+
 
 class TestSundryAPIStatic(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -2592,6 +2618,43 @@ class TestSundryAPIStatic(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res[4].shape, ())
         self.assertEqual(res[5].shape, ())
 
+    @prog_scope()
+    def test_while_loop(self):
+        def cond(i, x):
+            return paddle.less_than(i, eleven)
+
+        def body(i, x):
+            x = x + i
+            i = i + 1
+            return [i, x]
+
+        main_program = paddle.static.Program()
+        with paddle.static.program_guard(main_program, paddle.static.Program()):
+            i = paddle.static.data(name='i', shape=[], dtype='float32')
+            i.stop_gradient = False
+            eleven = paddle.full([], 11, 'float32')
+            x = paddle.static.data(name='x', shape=[], dtype='float32')
+            x.stop_gradient = False
+            out_i, out_x = paddle.static.nn.while_loop(cond, body, [i, x])
+            paddle.static.append_backward(out_x)
+
+        res = self.exe.run(
+            main_program,
+            feed={
+                'i': np.array(1.0, dtype='float32'),
+                'x': np.array(0.0, dtype='float32'),
+            },
+            fetch_list=[out_i.name, out_x.name, i.grad_name, x.grad_name],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(res[0].shape, ())
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(res[0], np.array(11))
+        self.assertEqual(res[1].shape, ())
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(res[1], np.array(55))
+        self.assertEqual(res[2].shape, ())
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(res[2], np.array(10))
+        self.assertEqual(res[3].shape, ())
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(res[3], np.array(1.0))
+
 
 # Use to test API whose zero-dim input tensors don't have grad and not need to test backward in OpTest.
 class TestNoBackwardAPI(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/python/paddle/static/nn/control_flow.py b/python/paddle/static/nn/control_flow.py
index d46c0c7c189b7508f2356e5ce24c56d74033e612..0be5f23a0368bf45b08a8162968c586d29aa8e88 100644
--- a/python/paddle/static/nn/control_flow.py
+++ b/python/paddle/static/nn/control_flow.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ def while_loop(cond, body, loop_vars, is_test=False, name=None):
         )
 
     if _non_static_mode():
-        now_cond = pre_cond.numpy()[0]
+        now_cond = pre_cond.numpy().item()
         while now_cond:
             output_vars = body(*loop_vars)
             if not isinstance(output_vars, (list, tuple)):
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def while_loop(cond, body, loop_vars, is_test=False, name=None):
                     "body in while_loop should return the same arity "
                     "(length and structure) and types as loop_vars"
                 )
-            now_cond = cond(*output_vars).numpy()[0]
+            now_cond = cond(*output_vars).numpy().item()
             map_structure(assign_skip_lod_tensor_array, output_vars, loop_vars)
         return loop_vars