diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_list.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_list.py
index 08259d91cc8dd2de34330da4c885747a6ee314ed..4f6984c5e05fc3d3c6bbd988c6b20b131a87eb87 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_list.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_list.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+
 import unittest
 
 import paddle
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ def test_list_append_in_while_loop_with_stack(x, iter_num):
     return out
 
 
+def test_tensor_array_slice(x, iter_num):
+    a = []
+    for i in range(paddle.to_tensor(3)):
+        a.append(paddle.to_tensor(i))
+    t = a[1:3]
+    return a[2]
+
+
 # Situation 2: Test list pop
 def test_list_pop_without_control_flow_1(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
@@ -292,6 +301,11 @@ class TestListInWhileLoopWithStack(TestListInWhileLoop):
         self.all_dygraph_funcs = [test_list_append_in_while_loop_with_stack]
 
 
+class TestTensorArraySlice(TestListInWhileLoop):
+    def init_dygraph_func(self):
+        self.all_dygraph_funcs = [test_tensor_array_slice]
+
+
 class TestListInForLoop(TestListInWhileLoop):
     def init_dygraph_func(self):
         self.all_dygraph_funcs = [
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py b/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
index f3c7fff38fa6dc98ec302a95ba1b84b193f82c7c..552fb7a9aa93a1593098188677bcc08c421ed51d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/variable_index.py
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ def _getitem_impl_(var, item):
     item = replace_ellipsis(var, item)
     item, none_axes = replace_none(item)
     slice_info = SliceInfo()
+    is_tensor_array = (
+        hasattr(var, "desc")
+        and var.desc.type() == core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY
+    )
 
     for dim, slice_item in enumerate(item):
         if is_integer_or_scalar_tensor(slice_item) and not is_bool_tensor(
@@ -390,13 +394,13 @@ def _getitem_impl_(var, item):
                 and var.shape[dim] is not None
                 and var.shape[dim] >= 0
                 and slice_item >= var.shape[dim]
+                and not is_tensor_array
             ):
                 # For python, if users write a, b = var, the __getitem__
                 # method will iterate through 0, 1, 2 ... until __getitem__
                 # throws an IndexError, then stop. The var[0], var[1] will
                 # be given to a, b respectively. If more values are given,
                 # the unpack size would cause error.
-                #
                 # We raises IndexError here to support grammar like `a, b = var`
                 raise IndexError(
                     "slice_item %d at dim %d should be >= 0 and < var.shape[%d]: %d"
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ def _getitem_impl_(var, item):
             if end is None:
                 if var.shape[dim] != -1 and (
                     paddle.fluid.framework._non_static_mode()
-                    or var.desc.type() != core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY
+                    or not is_tensor_array
                 ):
                     end = var.shape[dim] if step > 0 else -1
                 else: