diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
index 7af221b9ac82ecb3c7c11c6d791d5a2b41cfcba2..0473c29a3342bec49570190144bfeae6fb6b64a9 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_properties.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ extern PyTypeObject* p_tensor_type;
 
 PyObject* tensor_properties_get_name(TensorObject* self, void* closure) {
   EAGER_TRY
+  // NOTE(dev): [why not use egr::Controller::Instance::GernerateUniqueName()?]
+  // Beacause Controller must holder a tracer, but 'tensor.name' maybe called
+  // everywhere such as static mode in @to_static, which means tracer is None.
+  static egr::UniqueNameGenerator name_generator;
+  if (self->tensor.name().empty()) {
+    self->tensor.set_name(name_generator.Generate());
+  }
   return ToPyObject(self->tensor.name());
   EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NULL
 }
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_spec_names.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_spec_names.py
index bafc4707c4ad996885c0321a22bb44943018577b..361fcbf9c73f5b056389e45c58b83e5e6308d000 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_spec_names.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_spec_names.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import paddle
 from paddle.nn import Layer
 import numpy as np
 import unittest
-from paddle.fluid.framework import _enable_legacy_dygraph
-_enable_legacy_dygraph()
 
 
 class Net(Layer):