diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
index c4cfe141c9dfd9406e2260a8f18633d77de0833b..b872fc1ebc6ef84a92c52cb1a3992907c44470f7 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py
@@ -12586,6 +12586,11 @@ def get_tensor_from_selected_rows(x, name=None):
             out = fluid.layers.get_tensor_from_selected_rows(input)
     """
 
+    check_type(x, 'x', Variable, 'get_tensor_from_selected_rows')
+    if x.type != core.VarDesc.VarType.SELECTED_ROWS:
+        raise TypeError(
+            "The type of 'x' in get_tensor_from_selected_rows must be SELECTED_ROWS."
+        )
     helper = LayerHelper('get_tensor_from_selected_rows', **locals())
     out = helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(dtype=x.dtype)
     helper.append_op(
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/tensor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/tensor.py
index 6dca5dd2bd4a4d6860edd13db8895350646726e4..70972f20877838bba3e6f7643d98768a1452de3e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/tensor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/tensor.py
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ def tensor_array_to_tensor(input, axis=1, name=None, use_stack=False):
             numpy.array(list(map(lambda x: int(x.shape[axis]), input))))
         return res, sizes
 
+    check_type(input, 'input', (list, Variable), 'tensor_array_to_tensor')
+    if isinstance(input, list):
+        for i, input_x in enumerate(input):
+            check_type(input_x, 'input[' + str(i) + ']', Variable,
+                       'tensor_array_to_tensor')
     helper = LayerHelper('tensor_array_to_tensor', **locals())
     out = helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
     out_index = helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(dtype="int32")
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_get_tensor_from_selected_rows_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_get_tensor_from_selected_rows_op.py
index 6cd02dad577b681b8c452bdb9574df60ffb4f82e..2f6c87aefaa9aab11d7291195c787296bad49bbd 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_get_tensor_from_selected_rows_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_get_tensor_from_selected_rows_op.py
@@ -17,7 +17,28 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import unittest
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
 import numpy as np
+import paddle.fluid as fluid
 from paddle.fluid.op import Operator
+from paddle.fluid import Program, program_guard
+
+
+class TestGetTensorFromSelectedRowsError(unittest.TestCase):
+    """get_tensor_from_selected_rows error message enhance"""
+
+    def test_errors(self):
+        with program_guard(Program()):
+            x_var = fluid.data('X', [2, 3])
+            x_data = np.random.random((2, 4)).astype("float32")
+
+            def test_Variable():
+                fluid.layers.get_tensor_from_selected_rows(x=x_data)
+
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, test_Variable)
+
+            def test_SELECTED_ROWS():
+                fluid.layers.get_tensor_from_selected_rows(x=x_var)
+
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, test_SELECTED_ROWS)
 
 
 class TestGetTensorFromSelectedRows(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_array_to_tensor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_array_to_tensor.py
index a07694e7bd7d7d271ab5ca494514d814e05e8bfd..ff6cbdde066bb431153852a9bed7ff9b57c0c02f 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_array_to_tensor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_tensor_array_to_tensor.py
@@ -20,6 +20,25 @@ import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
 from paddle.fluid.op import Operator
 from paddle.fluid.executor import Executor
+from paddle.fluid import Program, program_guard
+
+
+class TestTensorArrayToTensorError(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tensor_array_to_tensor error message enhance"""
+
+    def test_errors(self):
+        with program_guard(Program()):
+            input_data = numpy.random.random((2, 4)).astype("float32")
+
+            def test_Variable():
+                fluid.layers.tensor_array_to_tensor(input=input_data)
+
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, test_Variable)
+
+            def test_list_Variable():
+                fluid.layers.tensor_array_to_tensor(input=[input_data])
+
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, test_list_Variable)
 
 
 class TestLoDTensorArrayConcat(unittest.TestCase):