diff --git a/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.h b/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.h
index 1a40df1f2b355331f16622a1bfc87e5c94e76e79..50bc9547f9cd65984ffd8c8502678817ef193790 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.h
+++ b/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.h
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ class DenseTensor : public TensorBase,
   void set_storage_properties(
       std::unique_ptr<StorageProperties>&& storage_properties);
 
+  void clear() {
+    holder_.reset();
+    meta_.offset = 0;
+  }
+
  private:
   friend class DenseTensorUtils;
   friend class phi::distributed::DistTensor;
diff --git a/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.inl b/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.inl
index 025b3b0efba168ca8c207310fac52e2b8be70474..2a3e3ab1d78c489ef767a5b3e07d56908c741320 100644
--- a/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.inl
+++ b/paddle/phi/core/dense_tensor.inl
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ void check_memory_size() const;
 
 void set_layout(const DataLayout layout);
 
-void clear() {
-  holder_.reset();
-  meta_.offset = 0;
-}
-
 void ShareBufferWith(const DenseTensor& tensor, bool only_buffer=false);
 
 void ShareDataTypeWith(const DenseTensor& tensor) {