diff --git a/paddle/framework/block_desc.h b/paddle/framework/block_desc.h
index 3437e89923da8de79eeaa88d0466cf7eb0b5926d..c25a9b6e0b715827db39ba24e1e22c92f6127f2c 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/block_desc.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/block_desc.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class BlockDescBind {
 
   int32_t Parent() const { return desc_->parent_idx(); }
 
-  VarDescBind *NewVar(const std::string &name_bytes);
+  VarDescBind *GetOrCreateVar(const std::string &name_bytes);
 
   VarDescBind *Var(const std::string &name_bytes) const;