diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/checkpoint_notify_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
index 3e5019dd4b167bf49162aec7fc375b8846d0c7e6..72976e22cacb5fc6c76838f4feff9cddfcf5aa83 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/checkpoint_notify_op.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CheckpointNotifyOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
         detail::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < epmap.size(); i++) {
       VLOG(3) << "sending " << dir <<" to " << epmap[i] << " to checkpoint notify ... ";
-      auto serial_looku_table = string::Sprintf("%s/%s.%d", dir, lookup_table_name, i);
+      auto serial_looku_table = string::Sprintf("%s/%s_%d", dir, lookup_table_name, i);
       rpc_client->AsyncCheckpointNotify(epmap[i], serial_looku_table);
     }
     rpc_client->Wait();
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
index ffe0021e96c3c09e0eba93cb38ee872c80bb1ae5..629ded7f7a6e27c16093c479f523384e864a7e15 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ CHECKPOINT_PREFIX = "checkpoint"
 MODEL_DIR = "__model__"
 LOOKUP_TABLE_DIR = "__lookup_table__"
 TRAINER_PREFIX = "trainer"
-PSERVER_PREFIX = "pserver"
 CHECKPOINT_SEPARATOR = "_"
 
 
@@ -577,8 +576,7 @@ def load_persist_vars_without_grad(executor,
 
 def load_lookup_table_vars(executor, dirname, pserver_id, table_name):
     lookup_table_dir = os.path.join(dirname, LOOKUP_TABLE_DIR)
-    table_file = table_name + CHECKPOINT_SEPARATOR + PSERVER_PREFIX + CHECKPOINT_SEPARATOR + str(
-        pserver_id)
+    table_file = table_name + CHECKPOINT_SEPARATOR   + str(pserver_id)
 
     load_vars(executor, lookup_table_dir, vars=table_name, filename=table_file)