diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_to_list.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_to_list.py
index c8f438325ae30bb9d9d52cbc82812664ea34d0f1..bdabea5a2bbe6e6591b55d6abfc74605363cdaac 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_to_list.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_to_list.py
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@ import numpy as np
 
 import paddle
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
-from paddle.fluid.framework import _test_eager_guard
 
 
 class TensorToListTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.shape = [11, 25, 32, 43]
 
-    def func_tensor_tolist(self):
+    def test_tensor_tolist(self):
         places = [fluid.CPUPlace()]
         if fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
             places.append(fluid.CUDAPlace(0))
@@ -42,11 +41,6 @@ class TensorToListTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
             self.assertEqual(tensorlist, expectlist)
 
-    def test_tensor_tolist(self):
-        with _test_eager_guard():
-            self.func_tensor_tolist()
-        self.func_tensor_tolist()
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()