diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.cc
index 92aabb9fd6cb7201f5601a4e9e880abe9e23c9b1..a8e133e3d5e073c1ae69c74f1cad1d68c975cf48 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.cc
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void GraphView::Build(ir::Graph* g) {
   }
 }
 
-const& std::vector<ir::Node*> GraphView::AllOps() { return ops_; }
+const std::vector<ir::Node*>& GraphView::AllOps() { return ops_; }
 
 bool GraphView::ReusedInPythonMemOpt(const std::string& var) const {
   return dup_nodes_.count(var);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.h
index cf4f96c2d030e7c503f4a3bf687bf86fad398cf8..e477ee2af19b1f86f709b1b654d85aacf7f7a26a 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/details/inplace_op_pass.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class GraphView {
 
   void Build(ir::Graph* g);
 
-  const& std::vector<ir::Node*> AllOps();
+  const std::vector<ir::Node*>& AllOps();
 
   ir::Node* GetNodeByName(const std::string& name,
                           const std::vector<ir::Node*>& nodes) const;