diff --git a/python/paddle/tests/test_model.py b/python/paddle/tests/test_model.py
index abeb83391751bea0ebe5d858272a167ff6570723..f90ff0c99af959ab7cf4c15f5856dde0b67503dd 100644
--- a/python/paddle/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/python/paddle/tests/test_model.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class TestModel(unittest.TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         if not fluid.is_compiled_with_cuda():
-            cls.skipTest('module not tested when ONLY_CPU compling')
+            cls().skipTest('module not tested when ONLY_CPU compling')
         cls.device = paddle.set_device('gpu')
         fluid.enable_dygraph(cls.device)