diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/Layer.cpp b/paddle/gserver/layers/Layer.cpp
index 125aaf947f3c9d976b117667d1d1b7700a029cc6..b8a1c8d0fc28053cebcf22c8699e92eb13a66f30 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/layers/Layer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/layers/Layer.cpp
@@ -354,12 +354,11 @@ void Layer::backwardActivation() {
   /* Do error clipping */
   if (config_.error_clipping_threshold() > 0.0f) {
     if (FLAGS_log_error_clipping) {
-      CpuVector outGradVec(0, nullptr);
-      outGradVec.subVecFrom(
-          output_.grad->getData(), 0, output_.grad->getElementCnt());
-      real maxAbsGrad = outGradVec.getAbsMax();
+      VectorPtr outGradVec = Vector::create(
+          output_.grad->getData(), output_.grad->getElementCnt(), useGpu_);
+      real maxAbsGrad = outGradVec->getAbsMax();
       if (maxAbsGrad > config_.error_clipping_threshold()) {
-        real avgAbsGrad = outGradVec.getAbsSum() / outGradVec.getSize();
+        real avgAbsGrad = outGradVec->getAbsSum() / outGradVec->getSize();
         LOG(INFO) << " layer=" << config_.name() << " need clipping,"
                   << " max error=" << maxAbsGrad << " avg error=" << avgAbsGrad;
       }
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py b/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
index 58e4902f57aa8018b820f48f6cbf659f1e5f5183..8dec50221f3bef73b7ebaf75703a0ed5e15f41c8 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
@@ -1571,7 +1571,13 @@ class MultiClassCrossEntropySelfNormCostLayer(LayerBase):
 
 @config_layer('fc')
 class FCLayer(LayerBase):
-    def __init__(self, name, size, inputs, bias=True, **xargs):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 name,
+                 size,
+                 inputs,
+                 bias=True,
+                 error_clipping_threshold=None,
+                 **xargs):
         super(FCLayer, self).__init__(name, 'fc', size, inputs=inputs, **xargs)
         for input_index in xrange(len(self.inputs)):
             input_layer = self.get_input_layer(input_index)
@@ -1588,6 +1594,8 @@ class FCLayer(LayerBase):
             self.create_input_parameter(input_index, psize, dims, sparse,
                                         format)
         self.create_bias_parameter(bias, self.config.size)
+        if error_clipping_threshold is not None:
+            self.config.error_clipping_threshold = error_clipping_threshold
 
 
 @config_layer('selective_fc')