diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
index ed560304e25fd9b5a5d8776051190e0ab984550a..2925e8eb2894f77b81920d965998404b3f9386c4 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/io.py
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ def load_checkpoint(executor, checkpoint_dir, serial, main_program):
         raise ValueError("The values of 'main_program'should not be None")
 
     cur_dir = _get_serial_dir(checkpoint_dir, serial)
-    cur_dir = _get_model_dir(cur_dir)
     load_persist_vars_without_grad(executor, cur_dir, main_program)
 
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py b/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
index 35bb8ded5d9065cadd0140a3459b0b10e7fdb998..5ca93821e229b7785f46fbce07dc02b06579f5f1 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/trainer.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Trainer(object):
             raise TypeError(
                 "The checkpoint_config shoule be an instance of CheckpointConfig"
             )
-        self.load_checkpoint_serial = io.need_load_checkpoint(
+        self.checkpoint._load_serial = io.need_load_checkpoint(
             self.checkpoint.checkpoint_dir)
 
         self.scope = core.Scope()
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Trainer(object):
                                self.startup_program)
 
             epoch_id, step_id = io.load_trainer_args(
-                self.checkpoint.checkpoint_dir, self.load_checkpoint_serial,
+                self.checkpoint.checkpoint_dir, self.checkpoint._load_serial,
                 self.trainer_id, ["epoch_id", "step_id"])
             self.checkpoint._epoch_id = int(epoch_id)
             self.checkpoint._step_id = int(step_id)