diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
index 2232c34e63bd003115f8d48b6840ff49d0b10ace..86b0d6560c927251b49d807dd1880867fd4c4bd0 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
@@ -395,7 +395,13 @@ def _is_enable_standalone_executor():
     """
     flag = False
 
-    env_val = os.environ.get('FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR', '1')
+    from ..distributed.fleet import fleet
+    if fleet._role_maker is not None:
+        warnings.warn("do not use standalone executor in fleet by default")
+        env_val = os.environ.get('FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR', None)
+    else:
+        env_val = os.environ.get('FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR', '1')
+
     if env_val in [1, '1', True, 'True', 'true']:
         flag = True