diff --git a/paddle/phi/api/lib/data_transform.cc b/paddle/phi/api/lib/data_transform.cc
index c1fc0fd907bba836886e26002f03562ae578ef6b..90d47977cdf604b81366fe5a0d18a4bed9b6db01 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/api/lib/data_transform.cc
+++ b/paddle/phi/api/lib/data_transform.cc
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ inline bool NeedTransformDataType(const DataType& input,
 inline bool NeedTransformPlace(const paddle::platform::Place& input,
                                const Backend& target,
                                const TransformFlag& transform_flag) {
-  bool ret = transform_flag.need_trans_backend() &&
-             target != Backend::ALL_BACKEND &&
-             phi::TransToPhiBackend(input) != target;
+  bool ret =
+      input.GetType() == AllocationType::GPUPINNED ||
+      (transform_flag.need_trans_backend() && target != Backend::ALL_BACKEND &&
+       phi::TransToPhiBackend(input) != target);
   return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/phi/core/compat/convert_utils.cc b/paddle/phi/core/compat/convert_utils.cc
index cc9c2caa889917691624958c1a0386ac538ebca2..c08dfa64c7f1bf2c2807b49b162610ef58924d07 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/core/compat/convert_utils.cc
+++ b/paddle/phi/core/compat/convert_utils.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include "paddle/phi/backends/xpu/xpu_info.h"
 #include "paddle/phi/common/place.h"
 #include "paddle/phi/core/compat/op_utils.h"
+#include "paddle/phi/core/enforce.h"
 
 #ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUSTOM_DEVICE
 #include "paddle/phi/backends/device_manager.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ Backend TransToPhiBackend(const phi::Place& place) {
     return Backend::CPU;
   } else if (allocation_type == phi::AllocationType::GPU) {
     return Backend::GPU;
+  } else if (allocation_type == phi::AllocationType::GPUPINNED) {
+    return Backend::GPU;
   } else if (allocation_type == phi::AllocationType::XPU) {
     return Backend::XPU;
   } else if (allocation_type == phi::AllocationType::NPU) {
@@ -40,7 +43,8 @@ Backend TransToPhiBackend(const phi::Place& place) {
         static_cast<size_t>(Backend::NUM_BACKENDS) +
         GetOrRegisterGlobalDeviceTypeId(place.GetDeviceType()));
   } else {
-    return Backend::UNDEFINED;
+    PADDLE_THROW(phi::errors::InvalidArgument(
+        "Unsupported transform %s to phi Backend.", place));
   }
 }