diff --git a/python/paddle/tensor/search.py b/python/paddle/tensor/search.py
index 32f7bf373bbbd8dbe59befad263fae89ecaeeca3..95f8fa449bd5ffb3eee71449930d0701a8afc1e7 100644
--- a/python/paddle/tensor/search.py
+++ b/python/paddle/tensor/search.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def nonzero(x, as_tuple=False):
         for i in range(rank):
             list_out.append(
                 layers.slice(
-                    outs, axes=[rank - 1], starts=[i], ends=[i + 1]))
+                    outs, axes=[1], starts=[i], ends=[i + 1]))
         return tuple(list_out)