diff --git a/oneflow/python/ops/get_variable.py b/oneflow/python/ops/get_variable.py
index 1a2426f3043bdbfedc9af35b315b483cb7aca572..f8602fd43bfad5871b7915fe769460428381c059 100644
--- a/oneflow/python/ops/get_variable.py
+++ b/oneflow/python/ops/get_variable.py
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ def get_variable(
     random_seed=None,
     distribute=distribute_util.broadcast(),
 ):
+    op_conf = _GenerateVariableOpConf(
+        name=name, shape=shape, dtype=dtype, initializer=initializer, trainable=trainable,
+        model_name=model_name, random_seed=random_seed,distribute=distribute)
+    op_conf, parallel_conf = compile_context.GetOpConfAndParallelConf(op_conf)
+    return _CreateVariableBlob(op_conf, parallel_conf)
+
+def _GenerateVariableOpConf(name,
+                           shape=None,
+                           dtype=None,
+                           initializer=None,
+                           trainable=None,
+                           model_name=None,
+                           random_seed=None,
+                           distribute=distribute_util.broadcast(),):
     assert isinstance(name, str)
     name = compile_context.GetVariablePrefix() + name
 
@@ -58,11 +72,9 @@ def get_variable(
         op_conf.variable_conf.random_seed = random_seed
 
     op_conf.variable_conf.out = "out"
+    return op_conf
 
-    op_conf, parallel_conf = compile_context.GetOpConfAndParallelConf(op_conf)
-    return CreateVariableBlob(op_conf, parallel_conf)
-
-def CreateVariableBlob(op_conf, parallel_conf):
+def _CreateVariableBlob(op_conf, parallel_conf):
     compile_context.CurJobAddConsistentOp(op_conf)
     lbi = logical_blob_id_util.LogicalBlobId()
     lbi.op_name = op_conf.name