diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/op_test.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/op_test.py
index ae8f64987898d35c7f1960c4f10b5628edfd6f51..a7169befc10cf188039de3f6e35e2bd04bf338a4 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/op_test.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/op_test.py
@@ -1419,7 +1419,8 @@ class OpTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # FIXME: Replace numeric_place with place to calculate numeric_grads.
         # NOTE(liym27): There is an unknown error when call op.run() on NPUPlace, which
         # needs to be fixed.
-        if self.__class__.use_npu == True:
+        if hasattr(self.__class__,
+                   "use_npu") and self.__class__.use_npu == True:
             numeric_place = paddle.CPUPlace()
         else:
             numeric_place = place