diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
index e78c443e33a5ed96417f7cd6067434f57e5c24a9..4c88cf30223c78afc7b5342cee5a6e0c56564637 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_method.cc
@@ -1473,6 +1473,15 @@ static PyObject* tensor__clear(TensorObject* self,
   EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NULL
 }
 
+static PyObject* tensor__clear_dataptr(TensorObject* self,
+                                       PyObject* args,
+                                       PyObject* kwargs) {
+  EAGER_TRY
+  self->tensor.set_impl(nullptr);
+  RETURN_PY_NONE
+  EAGER_CATCH_AND_THROW_RETURN_NULL
+}
+
 static PyObject* tensor__copy_gradient_from(TensorObject* self,
                                             PyObject* args,
                                             PyObject* kwargs) {
@@ -2110,6 +2119,10 @@ PyMethodDef variable_methods[] = {
      (PyCFunction)(void (*)(void))tensor__clear,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
      NULL},
+    {"_clear_dataptr",
+     (PyCFunction)(void (*)(void))tensor__clear_dataptr,
+     METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+     NULL},
     {"_copy_gradient_from",
      (PyCFunction)(void (*)(void))tensor__copy_gradient_from,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/pipeline_parallel.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/pipeline_parallel.py
index c08ce5a25492536bad43b2d296210dba3f3e5710..03e526a64ae88995f6b63abbd436571e05acb523 100755
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/pipeline_parallel.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/pipeline_parallel.py
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ class PipelineParallel(MetaParallelBase):
             input_buffers.append(input_tensor)
             output_buffers.append(output_tensor)
 
+            if not self.is_pipeline_last_stage():
+                self._release_output(output_tensor)
+
         if steady_steps > 0:
             input_tensor = p2p.recv_forward(self.is_pipeline_first_stage())
 
@@ -273,6 +276,9 @@ class PipelineParallel(MetaParallelBase):
             input_buffers.append(input_tensor)
             output_buffers.append(output_tensor)
 
+            if not self.is_pipeline_last_stage():
+                self._release_output(output_tensor)
+
             input_tensor, output_tensor = input_buffers.pop(
                 0
             ), output_buffers.pop(0)
@@ -607,6 +613,22 @@ class PipelineParallel(MetaParallelBase):
         if self.lr_scheduler:
             self.lr_scheduler.step()
 
+    def _release_output(self, output):
+        def can_free(t):
+            return (
+                t is not None
+                and isinstance(t, paddle.Tensor)
+                and t.inplace_version == 0
+            )
+
+        if isinstance(output, (tuple, list)):
+            for t in output:
+                if can_free(t):
+                    t._clear_dataptr()
+
+        elif can_free(output):
+            output._clear_dataptr()
+
 
 class PipelineParallelWithInterleave(PipelineParallel):
     # pipeline parallel with interleave scheduler
@@ -777,6 +799,8 @@ class PipelineParallelWithInterleave(PipelineParallel):
             # append input_tensor no matter none or not
             self.input_tensors[next_virtual_pp_rank].append(input_tensor)
 
+            self._release_output(output_tensor)
+
         # run 1f1b steady steps
         for micro_step in range(steady_steps):
             # forward
@@ -854,6 +878,9 @@ class PipelineParallelWithInterleave(PipelineParallel):
             self.output_tensor_grads[next_backward_virtual_pp_rank].append(
                 output_tensor_grad
             )
+            self._release_output(output_tensor)
+
+        self._release_output(output_tensor)
 
         # remaining backward steps
         if not forward_only: