diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/api_anakin_engine.cc b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/api_anakin_engine.cc
index 4c51c239f6d4449795fa38665495ab260277c84d..cf5b53b51ccc257a30cc3e90335ed71f67c212a1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/api/api_anakin_engine.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/api/api_anakin_engine.cc
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ bool PaddleInferenceAnakinPredictor<T, P, R>::RunImpl(
                  << "'s type is not float";
     }
     auto d_tensor_p = this->executor_p_->get_in(input.name);
-    auto net_shape = d_tensor_p->valid_shape();
+    // For backward compatibility.
+    auto net_shape = d_tensor_p->shape();
     if (net_shape.size() != input.shape.size()) {
       LOG(FATAL) << " input  " << input.name
                  << "'s shape size should be equal to that of net";