diff --git a/python/paddle/utils/cpp_extension/cpp_extension.py b/python/paddle/utils/cpp_extension/cpp_extension.py
index 19fa84046ed2d56b425e228b28326cf64a9dbbfc..73d2eed17532e9b78a6e849e98fcf6cd2555d2e2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/utils/cpp_extension/cpp_extension.py
+++ b/python/paddle/utils/cpp_extension/cpp_extension.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class BuildExtension(build_ext, object):
                 # so we add this flag to ensure the symbol names from user compiled
                 # shared library have same ABI suffix with core_(no)avx.so.
                 # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34571583/understanding-gcc-5s-glibcxx-use-cxx11-abi-or-the-new-abi
-                add_compile_flag(['-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1'], cflags)
+                add_compile_flag(cflags, ['-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1'])
                 # Append this macor only when jointly compiling .cc with .cu
                 if not is_cuda_file(src) and self.contain_cuda_file:
                     cflags.append('-DPADDLE_WITH_CUDA')