diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_lists.py b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_lists.py
index 75f90cabfff434225e1b111746a28251d57b5b92..0c7e623d469f3a6d2382029e962fcedce9bd1550 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_lists.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_lists.py
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ class AutoMixedPrecisionLists(object):
         custom_black_list (set): Users' custom black list.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, custom_white_list=None, custom_black_list=None):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 custom_white_list=None,
+                 custom_black_list=None,
+                 custom_black_varnames=None):
         self._custom_white_list = custom_white_list
         self._custom_black_list = custom_black_list
         self.white_list = copy.copy(white_list)
         self.black_list = copy.copy(black_list)
         self.gray_list = copy.copy(gray_list)
+        self.black_varnames = copy.copy(custom_black_varnames)
         self._update_list()
 
     def _update_list(self):
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_utils.py b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_utils.py
index 05dfe27303505903533d6404de0e6ffe51a661ad..1a4eae3e6100ef7084f3c5715da8706f9d156dcb 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_utils.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/mixed_precision/fp16_utils.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def _insert_cast_op(block, op, idx, src_dtype, dest_dtype):
         core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR, core.VarDesc.VarType.SELECTED_ROWS,
         core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY
     ]
+
     for in_name in op.input_names:
         if src_dtype == core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32 and op.type == 'batch_norm':
             if in_name != 'X':
@@ -94,22 +95,25 @@ def _insert_cast_op(block, op, idx, src_dtype, dest_dtype):
             if in_var.type not in valid_types:
                 continue
             if in_var.dtype == src_dtype:
-                out_var = block.create_var(
-                    name=in_var.name + \
-                            '.cast_' + _dtype_to_str(dest_dtype),
-                    dtype=dest_dtype,
-                    persistable=False,
-                    stop_gradient=False)
-                block._insert_op(
-                    idx,
-                    type="cast",
-                    inputs={"X": in_var},
-                    outputs={"Out": out_var},
-                    attrs={
-                        "in_dtype": in_var.dtype,
-                        "out_dtype": out_var.dtype
-                    })
-                num_cast_ops += 1
+                cast_name = in_var.name + '.cast_' + _dtype_to_str(dest_dtype)
+                out_var = block.vars.get(cast_name)
+                if out_var is None or out_var.dtype != dest_dtype:
+                    out_var = block.create_var(
+                        name=cast_name,
+                        dtype=dest_dtype,
+                        persistable=False,
+                        stop_gradient=False)
+
+                    block._insert_op(
+                        idx,
+                        type="cast",
+                        inputs={"X": in_var},
+                        outputs={"Out": out_var},
+                        attrs={
+                            "in_dtype": in_var.dtype,
+                            "out_dtype": out_var.dtype
+                        })
+                    num_cast_ops += 1
                 _rename_arg(op, in_var.name, out_var.name)
             else:
                 if op.has_attr('in_dtype'):
@@ -155,6 +159,18 @@ def find_true_prev_op(ops, cur_op, var_name):
     return None
 
 
+def _is_in_black_varnames(op, amp_lists):
+    for in_name in op.input_arg_names:
+        if in_name in amp_lists.black_varnames:
+            return True
+
+    for out_name in op.output_arg_names:
+        if out_name in amp_lists.black_varnames:
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
 def rewrite_program(main_prog, amp_lists):
     """
     Traverse all ops in current block and insert cast op according to 
@@ -180,6 +196,11 @@ def rewrite_program(main_prog, amp_lists):
     white_op_set = set()
     black_op_set = set()
     for op in ops:
+        if amp_lists.black_varnames is not None and _is_in_black_varnames(
+                op, amp_lists):
+            black_op_set.add(op)
+            continue
+
         if op.type in amp_lists.black_list:
             black_op_set.add(op)
         elif op.type in amp_lists.white_list:
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/tests/test_image_classification_fp16.py b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/tests/test_image_classification_fp16.py
index 2e3e364df3071cdcd4d5a54d0bf3619004bddd4a..918544e1c990781df891f3cfe0af1b5bc8c0c92c 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/tests/test_image_classification_fp16.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/tests/test_image_classification_fp16.py
@@ -134,8 +134,11 @@ def train(net_type, use_cuda, save_dirname, is_local):
 
         optimizer = fluid.optimizer.Lamb(learning_rate=0.001)
 
+        amp_lists = fluid.contrib.mixed_precision.AutoMixedPrecisionLists(
+            custom_black_varnames={"loss", "conv2d_0.w_0"})
         mp_optimizer = fluid.contrib.mixed_precision.decorate(
             optimizer=optimizer,
+            amp_lists=amp_lists,
             init_loss_scaling=8.0,
             use_dynamic_loss_scaling=True)