diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/softmax_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/softmax_op.cc
index 3966b850c7b830ae0a766e951032096564599483..6c63b2719f409d64ab0b9043598f9f2a0a0f3c61 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/softmax_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/softmax_op.cc
@@ -39,24 +39,9 @@ class SoftmaxOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
     // choose cudnn kernel if the runtime supported.
-    framework::LibraryType library_{framework::LibraryType::kPlain};
     std::string data_format = ctx.Attr<std::string>("data_format");
     framework::DataLayout layout_ = framework::StringToDataLayout(data_format);
     auto input_data_type = OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(ctx, "X");
-
-#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_CUDA) || defined(PADDLE_WITH_HIP)
-    if (platform::CanCUDNNBeUsed(ctx)) {
-      library_ = framework::LibraryType::kCUDNN;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
-    if (library_ == framework::LibraryType::kPlain &&
-        this->CanMKLDNNBeUsed(ctx, input_data_type)) {
-      library_ = framework::LibraryType::kMKLDNN;
-      layout_ = framework::DataLayout::kMKLDNN;
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (input_data_type == framework::proto::VarType::FP16) {
       PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
           platform::is_gpu_place(ctx.GetPlace()) ||
@@ -69,8 +54,24 @@ class SoftmaxOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
               "float16 can only be used on GPU/NPU/XPU/MLU and custom place"));
     }
 
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        input_data_type, ctx.GetPlace(), layout_, library_);
+#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_CUDA) || defined(PADDLE_WITH_HIP)
+    if (platform::CanCUDNNBeUsed(ctx)) {
+      return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type,
+                                     ctx.GetPlace(),
+                                     layout_,
+                                     framework::LibraryType::kCUDNN);
+    }
+#endif
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
+    if (this->CanMKLDNNBeUsed(ctx, input_data_type)) {
+      return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type,
+                                     ctx.GetPlace(),
+                                     framework::DataLayout::kMKLDNN,
+                                     framework::LibraryType::kMKLDNN);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type, ctx.GetPlace(), layout_);
   }
 };
 
@@ -136,23 +137,10 @@ class SoftmaxOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
     // choose cudnn kernel if the runtime supported.
-    framework::LibraryType library_{framework::LibraryType::kPlain};
     std::string data_format = ctx.Attr<std::string>("data_format");
     framework::DataLayout layout_ = framework::StringToDataLayout(data_format);
     auto input_data_type = OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
         ctx, framework::GradVarName("Out"));
-#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_CUDA) || defined(PADDLE_WITH_HIP)
-    if (platform::CanCUDNNBeUsed(ctx)) {
-      library_ = framework::LibraryType::kCUDNN;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
-    if (library_ == framework::LibraryType::kPlain &&
-        this->CanMKLDNNBeUsed(ctx, input_data_type)) {
-      library_ = framework::LibraryType::kMKLDNN;
-      layout_ = framework::DataLayout::kMKLDNN;
-    }
-#endif
     if (input_data_type == framework::proto::VarType::FP16) {
       if (!(platform::is_gpu_place(ctx.GetPlace()) ||
             platform::is_npu_place(ctx.GetPlace()) ||
@@ -162,9 +150,24 @@ class SoftmaxOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
         PADDLE_THROW(platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
             "float16 can only be used on GPU/NPU/XPU/MLU and custom place"));
     }
+#if defined(PADDLE_WITH_CUDA) || defined(PADDLE_WITH_HIP)
+    if (platform::CanCUDNNBeUsed(ctx)) {
+      return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type,
+                                     ctx.GetPlace(),
+                                     layout_,
+                                     framework::LibraryType::kCUDNN);
+    }
+#endif
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
+    if (this->CanMKLDNNBeUsed(ctx, input_data_type)) {
+      return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type,
+                                     ctx.GetPlace(),
+                                     framework::DataLayout::kMKLDNN,
+                                     framework::LibraryType::kMKLDNN);
+    }
+#endif
 
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        input_data_type, ctx.GetPlace(), layout_, library_);
+    return framework::OpKernelType(input_data_type, ctx.GetPlace(), layout_);
   }
 };