diff --git a/imperative/python/src/module_trace.h b/imperative/python/src/module_trace.h
index 4102dd3a3002d7bdf22628a5e3fd4cce3d594b03..c9f195a8d682562162474c2cf26e8fbe881ede89 100644
--- a/imperative/python/src/module_trace.h
+++ b/imperative/python/src/module_trace.h
@@ -30,12 +30,22 @@ private:
     }
 
 public:
+    inline static WeakKeyMap<ValueWeakRef, py::object> module_trace_info_map;
     ModuleTraceTransformation(py::function hook_fn) : m_hook_fn(hook_fn) {}
     ValueRefList apply_transformation(
             const Operator& op, Span<ValueRef> inputs) override {
         if (op.is<ApplyOp>() && m_enabled > 0) {
             auto outputs = apply_module_trace_hook(op.cast<ApplyOp>().op(), inputs);
             return outputs;
+        } else if (op.is<RenameValue>()) {
+            auto outputs = imperative::apply(op, inputs);
+            if (auto module_trace_info = module_trace_info_map.try_get(inputs[0])) {
+                if (module_trace_info->ptr()) {
+                    auto node = module_trace_info.value();
+                    module_trace_info_map[outputs[0]] = module_trace_info.value();
+                }
+            }
+            return outputs;
         } else {
             return imperative::apply(op, inputs);
         }
diff --git a/imperative/python/src/tensor.cpp b/imperative/python/src/tensor.cpp
index e76ca5a3208107b0bc12d07cfa74cc5b75fac5e5..e24bd598c99f9742fb4cc6f90509ef474259460b 100644
--- a/imperative/python/src/tensor.cpp
+++ b/imperative/python/src/tensor.cpp
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ namespace views = ranges::views;
 
 namespace mgb::imperative::python {
 
-namespace {
-WeakKeyMap<ValueWeakRef, py::object> module_trace_info_map;
-}  // namespace
-
 interpreter::Interpreter::Channel* interpreter_for_py = nullptr;
 PyTypeObject* py_tensor_type = nullptr;
 PyTypeObject* py_varnode_type = nullptr;
@@ -594,7 +590,9 @@ TensorWrapper::TensorWrapper(PyObject* args, PyObject* kwargs) {
 }
 
 PyObject* TensorWrapper::module_trace_info() {
-    if (auto module_trace_info = module_trace_info_map.try_get(m_tensor->data())) {
+    if (auto module_trace_info =
+                ModuleTraceTransformation::module_trace_info_map.try_get(
+                        m_tensor->data())) {
         if (module_trace_info->ptr()) {
             return module_trace_info->inc_ref().ptr();
         }
@@ -608,7 +606,8 @@ PyObject* TensorWrapper::module_trace_info() {
 
 void TensorWrapper::set_module_trace_info(PyObject* obj) {
     // TODO: erase when obj == nullptr
-    module_trace_info_map[m_tensor->data()] = py::reinterpret_borrow<py::object>(obj);
+    ModuleTraceTransformation::module_trace_info_map[m_tensor->data()] =
+            py::reinterpret_borrow<py::object>(obj);
 }
 
 void TensorWrapper::_set_format(PyObject* dest) {
@@ -620,6 +619,7 @@ void TensorWrapper::_set_format(PyObject* dest) {
 void TensorWrapper::_set_name(PyObject* dest) {
     auto py_dest = py::reinterpret_borrow<py::object>(dest);
     auto name = py_dest.cast<std::string>();
+
     m_tensor->set_name(name);
 }
 
diff --git a/imperative/python/test/unit/traced_module/test_trace_module.py b/imperative/python/test/unit/traced_module/test_trace_module.py
index 43d3f492eb4782364ae0a8cdf347342b5543c20b..5bf42c876c117e61797046c4fdb1b022cf0d9a61 100644
--- a/imperative/python/test/unit/traced_module/test_trace_module.py
+++ b/imperative/python/test/unit/traced_module/test_trace_module.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from megengine.core._imperative_rt.core2 import apply
 from megengine.core.ops import builtin
 from megengine.module import Module
 from megengine.traced_module import TracedModule, enable_expr_checker, trace_module
-from megengine.traced_module.expr import Apply, CallFunction, Constant
+from megengine.traced_module.expr import Apply, CallFunction, CallMethod, Constant
 
 
 class MyModule1(M.Module):
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class MyModule4(M.Module):
         return self.add(x, y)
 
 
+class MyModule5(M.Module):
+    def forward(self, x):
+        a = x + x
+        b = x * a
+        b.name = "result"
+        return b
+
+
 def test_trace_module():
     enable_expr_checker()
     x = Tensor(1)
@@ -157,3 +165,9 @@ def test_trace_module_2():
         traced_model.graph._exprs[2].opdef, builtin.Elemwise
     )
     assert int(traced_model(Tensor([1, 2]))[0]) == 3
+
+
+def test_rename():
+    model = MyModule5()
+    tm_model = trace_module(model, Tensor(1))
+    assert isinstance(tm_model.graph.outputs[0].expr, CallMethod)