diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
index 91d82837bc4fc95a89e3a391e59446ab7d2961ee..659d77635e4c733bb9fb597e4e56b687c50b42d2 100755
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
@@ -14812,6 +14812,29 @@ def mul(x, y, x_num_col_dims=1, y_num_col_dims=1, name=None):
 
     helper = LayerHelper("mul", **locals())
 
+    if not isinstance(x, Variable):
+        raise TypeError(
+            "The type of 'x' in mul must be Variable, but received %s" %
+            (type(x)))
+    if not isinstance(y, Variable):
+        raise TypeError(
+            "The type of 'y' in mul must be Variable, but received %s" %
+            (type(y)))
+    if convert_dtype(x.dtype) in ['float16']:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The data type of 'x' in mul only support float16 in GPU now.")
+    if convert_dtype(y.dtype) in ['float16']:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The data type of 'y' in mul only support float16 in GPU now.")
+    if convert_dtype(x.dtype) not in ['float16', 'float32', 'float64']:
+        raise TypeError(
+            "The data type of 'x' in mul must be float16, float32 or float64, but received %s."
+            % (convert_dtype(x.dtype)))
+    if convert_dtype(y.dtype) not in ['float16', 'float32', 'float64']:
+        raise TypeError(
+            "The data type of 'y' in mul must be float16, float32 or float64, but received %s."
+            % (convert_dtype(y.dtype)))
+
     if name is None:
         out = helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(dtype=x.dtype)
     else: