diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/role_maker.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/role_maker.py
index 81d5908ccd4f859e36ae98a157fac2d37214c271..f66f013e4dbaadd534d6859b7ba6530779c82a3b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/role_maker.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/base/role_maker.py
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ class PaddleCloudRoleMaker(RoleMakerBase):
         """
         if not self._role_is_generated:
             self._generate_role()
-        return len(self._get_pserver_endpoints())
+        return len(self._get_pserver_endpoints(
+        )) if self._get_pserver_endpoints() is not None else 0
 
     def _node_num(self):
         """