diff --git a/doc/fluid/design/multi_devices/kernel_selection.md b/doc/fluid/design/multi_devices/kernel_selection.md
index c8391787f79ad915cb9f392be54c80da97f28ed0..4d2aab87b8cf30d03075e96cc4c67070efaf963a 100644
--- a/doc/fluid/design/multi_devices/kernel_selection.md
+++ b/doc/fluid/design/multi_devices/kernel_selection.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void OperatorWithKernel::Run(
     auto kernel_type_for_var = this->GetKernelTypeForVar(...);
     if (kernel_type_for_var.place_ != expected_kernel_key.place_) {
       auto* trans_var = new_scope.Var(var_name);
-      auto* out = TransferData(expected_kernel_key,
+      auto* out = TransformData(expected_kernel_key,
                                 kernel_type_for_var,
                                 *tensor_in);
       SetTensorToVariable(...);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.cc
index f52350ecb8ab980694ea9589bf2c7e88cf9fb1f0..635eb404d4a94e9a765f511bb249ce0cce22c477 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.cc
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ static void PassTensorData(Tensor *from, Tensor *to) {
   *from = Tensor();
 }
 
-void TransferData(const OpKernelType &expected_kernel_type,
-                  const OpKernelType &kernel_type_for_var,
-                  const Tensor &input_tensor, Tensor *output_tensor) {
+void TransformData(const OpKernelType &expected_kernel_type,
+                   const OpKernelType &kernel_type_for_var,
+                   const Tensor &input_tensor, Tensor *output_tensor) {
   bool transformed = false;
   Tensor in;
   in.ShareDataWith(input_tensor);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.h
index 161f1023e339d03a4523048e59b57a6eb0ae27f9..ae3ab051bda2e698801cc6fe6e3ddddf039f5385 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/data_transform.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ limitations under the License. */
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
-void TransferData(const OpKernelType &expected_kernel_type,
-                  const OpKernelType &kernel_type_for_var,
-                  const Tensor &input_tensor, Tensor *out);
+void TransformData(const OpKernelType &expected_kernel_type,
+                   const OpKernelType &kernel_type_for_var,
+                   const Tensor &input_tensor, Tensor *out);
 
 /**
  * Set OutVar from InVar, except the tensor is shared with `tensor`
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
index b4f17bdef73d5c455db12a6d482da884c2e36526..aa1a42fc97310e4c149f2018f1706d8e42630a98 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ Scope* OperatorWithKernel::TryTransferData(
 
       auto* trans_var = new_scope->Var(var_name);
       Tensor out;
-      TransferData(expected_kernel_key, kernel_type_for_var, *tensor_in, &out);
+      TransformData(expected_kernel_key, kernel_type_for_var, *tensor_in, &out);
       SetTensorToVariable(*var, out, trans_var);
     }
   }