diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/layer/norm.py b/python/paddle/nn/layer/norm.py
index 9facd8e917273b3f420404a5687b9714e3319408..eef98d96632fa3330813ed1b46816ab0bc151c44 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/layer/norm.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/layer/norm.py
@@ -975,6 +975,29 @@ class BatchNorm(Layer):
         )
         self._variance.stop_gradient = True
 
+        # TODO(qili93): temporary for ascned npu performance to be removed along with npu_identity op
+        if (
+            _global_flags()['FLAGS_npu_storage_format']
+            and 'npu' in get_all_custom_device_type()
+        ):
+            with no_grad():
+                weight_trans = _C_ops.npu_identity(
+                    self.weight, 3
+                )  # ACL_FORMAT_NC1HWC0 = 3
+                bias_trans = _C_ops.npu_identity(
+                    self.bias, 3
+                )  # ACL_FORMAT_NC1HWC0 = 3
+                mean_trans = _C_ops.npu_identity(
+                    self._mean, 3
+                )  # ACL_FORMAT_NC1HWC0 = 3
+                var_trans = _C_ops.npu_identity(
+                    self._variance, 3
+                )  # ACL_FORMAT_NC1HWC0 = 3
+                weight_trans._share_underline_tensor_to(self.weight)
+                bias_trans._share_underline_tensor_to(self.bias)
+                mean_trans._share_underline_tensor_to(self._mean)
+                var_trans._share_underline_tensor_to(self._variance)
+
         self._in_place = in_place
         self._data_layout = data_layout
         self._momentum = momentum