diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py b/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
index c6c0c9c151d840963fab1fe689eb5b9c340518ce..699fe6630a37f9f8e3b7f1e4ec043e2da0574c4a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer/config_parser.py
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ def init_config_environment(
         g_add_submodel_suffix=False,
 
         # Whether current layer needs to pass the image height and width.
-        # Default value is true, but if it encounters recurrent_layer_group, 
-        # it will be false. The reason is that image is converted to be sequence, 
-        # image height will be sequence length, and image width will be feature 
+        # Default value is true, but if it encounters recurrent_layer_group,
+        # it will be false. The reason is that image is converted to be sequence,
+        # image height will be sequence length, and image width will be feature
         # length of each timestep.
         g_pass_height_width=True, ):
 
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ def cnn_output_size(img_size, filter_size, padding, stride, caffe_mode):
         return 1 + int(math.ceil(output))
 
 
-#calcualte image_size based on output_size for de-convolution (ConvTransLayer). 
+#calcualte image_size based on output_size for de-convolution (ConvTransLayer).
 #It is the reverse function of cnn_output_size
 def cnn_image_size(output_size, filter_size, padding, stride, caffe_mode):
     img_size = (output_size - 1) * stride + filter_size - 2 * padding
@@ -3364,6 +3364,14 @@ def my_fatal(s):
     logger.critical(s)
     raise Exception()
 
+_parse_config_hooks = set()
+def register_parse_config_hook(f):
+    """
+    Register a hook function for parse_config. parse_config will invoke the hook
+    at the beginning of parse. This make it possible to reset global state for
+    for constructing the model.
+    """
+    _parse_config_hooks.add(f)
 
 def parse_config(config_file, config_arg_str):
     '''
@@ -3371,6 +3379,8 @@ def parse_config(config_file, config_arg_str):
     passed to config script as a dictionary CONFIG_ARGS
     '''
     init_config_environment()
+    for hook in _parse_config_hooks:
+        hook()
 
     config_args = {}
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/default_decorators.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/default_decorators.py
index c01050e338d5933f49f0504f2e9ef5f15c7743ba..23a4fa241d074e6e7a1f3b420f3f81cac20b1e8a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/default_decorators.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/default_decorators.py
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ class DefaultNameFactory(object):
         """
         pass
 
+    def reset(self):
+        self.__counter__ = 0
+
+
+_name_factories = []
+
+def reset_hook():
+    for factory in _name_factories:
+        factory.reset()
+
+register_parse_config_hook(reset_hook)
 
 def wrap_name_default(name_prefix=None):
     """
@@ -95,7 +106,9 @@ def wrap_name_default(name_prefix=None):
     :return: a decorator to set default name
     :rtype: callable
     """
-    return wrap_param_default(["name"], DefaultNameFactory(name_prefix))
+    factory = DefaultNameFactory(name_prefix)
+    _name_factories.append(factory)
+    return wrap_param_default(["name"], factory)
 
 
 def wrap_param_attr_default(param_names=None, default_factory=None):
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6180b2efbcad87e511a4b981d533f204f45fb5dc..bff82f75050d1c30c53658fe341f77da864d3ae8 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ add_test(NAME layers_test
         python ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
 
+add_test(NAME test_reset_hook
+  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+        python ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_rest_hook.py
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
+
 if (PROTOBUF_3)
   add_paddle_exe(protobuf_equal
     ProtobufEqualMain.cpp)
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc494d0eef22c927fe8afea5af2f8c36ff405173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/tests/test_reset_hook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright PaddlePaddle contributors. All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import unittest
+from paddle.trainer.config_parser import parse_config
+
+class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_parse(self):
+        a = parse_config(
+            'trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test_config.py', '')
+        b = parse_config(
+            'trainer_config_helpers/tests/layers_test_config.py', '')
+        self.assertEqual(a, b)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()