diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
index d1b01ae05b808b229309e9689165483a11530c84..485aba7060c60abe120a5707bdf80f3751aea444 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
 void TensorCopy(const Tensor& src, const platform::Place& dst_place,
-                const platform::DeviceContext& ctx, Tensor* dst) {
+                const platform::DeviceContext& ctx, Tensor* dst,
+                bool sync = false) {
   VLOG(3) << "TensorCopy " << src.dims() << " from " << src.place() << " to "
           << dst_place;
   src.check_memory_size();
@@ -47,9 +48,11 @@ void TensorCopy(const Tensor& src, const platform::Place& dst_place,
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(platform::is_gpu_place(ctx_place));
     auto ctx_gpu_place = boost::get<platform::CUDAPlace>(ctx_place);
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(src_gpu_place, ctx_gpu_place);
-    memory::Copy(
-        dst_cpu_place, dst_ptr, src_gpu_place, src_ptr, size,
-        reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx).stream());
+    auto stream =
+        sync ? nullptr
+             : reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx)
+                   .stream();
+    memory::Copy(dst_cpu_place, dst_ptr, src_gpu_place, src_ptr, size, stream);
   } else if (platform::is_cpu_place(src_place) &&
              platform::is_gpu_place(dst_place)) {
     auto src_cpu_place = boost::get<platform::CPUPlace>(src_place);
@@ -58,18 +61,22 @@ void TensorCopy(const Tensor& src, const platform::Place& dst_place,
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(platform::is_gpu_place(ctx_place));
     auto ctx_gpu_place = boost::get<platform::CUDAPlace>(ctx_place);
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(dst_gpu_place, ctx_gpu_place);
-    memory::Copy(
-        dst_gpu_place, dst_ptr, src_cpu_place, src_ptr, size,
-        reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx).stream());
+    auto stream =
+        sync ? nullptr
+             : reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx)
+                   .stream();
+    memory::Copy(dst_gpu_place, dst_ptr, src_cpu_place, src_ptr, size, stream);
   } else if (platform::is_gpu_place(src_place) &&
              platform::is_gpu_place(dst_place)) {
     auto src_gpu_place = boost::get<platform::CUDAPlace>(src_place);
     auto dst_gpu_place = boost::get<platform::CUDAPlace>(dst_place);
     auto ctx_place = ctx.GetPlace();
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(platform::is_gpu_place(ctx_place));
-    memory::Copy(
-        dst_gpu_place, dst_ptr, src_gpu_place, src_ptr, size,
-        reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx).stream());
+    auto stream =
+        sync ? nullptr
+             : reinterpret_cast<const platform::CUDADeviceContext&>(ctx)
+                   .stream();
+    memory::Copy(dst_gpu_place, dst_ptr, src_gpu_place, src_ptr, size, stream);
   }
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/memory/memcpy.cc b/paddle/fluid/memory/memcpy.cc
index eddcaab8befda84dd14ed46c31ac025dfbcc7ca9..347fbe7ecc737ff10489b2fc03de08d95e33e963 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/memory/memcpy.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/memory/memcpy.cc
@@ -30,29 +30,46 @@ void Copy<platform::CPUPlace, platform::CPUPlace>(platform::CPUPlace, void* dst,
 template <>
 void Copy<platform::CPUPlace, platform::CUDAPlace>(
     platform::CPUPlace dst_place, void* dst, platform::CUDAPlace src_place,
-    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream) {
+    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream = nullptr) {
   platform::SetDeviceId(src_place.device);
-  platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream);
+  if (stream) {
+    platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream);
+  } else {
+    platform::GpuMemcpySync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
+  }
 }
 
 template <>
 void Copy<platform::CUDAPlace, platform::CPUPlace>(
     platform::CUDAPlace dst_place, void* dst, platform::CPUPlace src_place,
-    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream) {
+    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream = nullptr) {
   platform::SetDeviceId(dst_place.device);
-  platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream);
+  if (stream) {
+    platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream);
+  } else {
+    platform::GpuMemcpySync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
+  }
 }
 
 template <>
 void Copy<platform::CUDAPlace, platform::CUDAPlace>(
     platform::CUDAPlace dst_place, void* dst, platform::CUDAPlace src_place,
-    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream) {
+    const void* src, size_t num, cudaStream_t stream = nullptr) {
   if (dst_place == src_place) {
     platform::SetDeviceId(src_place.device);
-    platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, stream);
+    if (stream) {
+      platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, stream);
+    } else {
+      platform::GpuMemcpySync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice);
+    }
   } else {
-    platform::GpuMemcpyPeer(dst, dst_place.device, src, src_place.device, num,
-                            stream);
+    if (stream) {
+      platform::GpuMemcpyPeerAsync(dst, dst_place.device, src, src_place.device,
+                                   num, stream);
+    } else {
+      platform::GpuMemcpyPeerSync(dst, dst_place.device, src, src_place.device,
+                                  num, stream);
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -81,18 +98,26 @@ template <>
 void Copy<platform::CUDAPinnedPlace, platform::CUDAPlace>(
     platform::CUDAPinnedPlace dst_place, void* dst,
     platform::CUDAPlace src_place, const void* src, size_t num,
-    cudaStream_t stream) {
+    cudaStream_t stream = nullptr) {
   platform::SetDeviceId(src_place.device);
-  platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream);
+  if (stream) {
+    platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream);
+  } else {
+    platform::GpuMemcpySync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
+  }
 }
 
 template <>
 void Copy<platform::CUDAPlace, platform::CUDAPinnedPlace>(
     platform::CUDAPlace dst_place, void* dst,
     platform::CUDAPinnedPlace src_place, const void* src, size_t num,
-    cudaStream_t stream) {
+    cudaStream_t stream = nullptr) {
   platform::SetDeviceId(dst_place.device);
-  platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream);
+  if (stream) {
+    platform::GpuMemcpyAsync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream);
+  } else {
+    platform::GpuMemcpySync(dst, src, num, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
+  }
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
index 0b7c1d6af714558d35918dac62d92d9e0f86c970..4372f23fc1dbd85e43b04a9d644977392316c2e9 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ void DoubleBufferReader::PrefetchThreadFunc() {
       auto* gpu_ctx = ctxs_[cached_tensor_id].get();
       gpu_batch.resize(cpu_batch.size());
       for (size_t i = 0; i < cpu_batch.size(); ++i) {
-        framework::TensorCopy(cpu_batch[i], place_, *gpu_ctx, &gpu_batch[i]);
+        framework::TensorCopy(cpu_batch[i], place_, *gpu_ctx, &gpu_batch[i],
+                              true);
         gpu_batch[i].set_lod(cpu_batch[i].lod());
       }
     }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.cc b/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.cc
index aaebeb1353a13ab16fcf98f10da59d41fd2f5b48..4cee93f3a4224cb97327254cd1679021d197a1b1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.cc
@@ -127,11 +127,24 @@ void GpuMemcpyAsync(void *dst, const void *src, size_t count,
                  "cudaMemcpyAsync failed in paddle::platform::GpuMemcpyAsync");
 }
 
-void GpuMemcpyPeer(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src, int src_device,
-                   size_t count, cudaStream_t stream) {
+void GpuMemcpySync(void *dst, const void *src, size_t count,
+                   enum cudaMemcpyKind kind) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(cudaMemcpy(dst, src, count, kind),
+                 "cudaMemcpy failed in paddle::platform::GpuMemcpySync");
+}
+
+void GpuMemcpyPeerAsync(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src,
+                        int src_device, size_t count, cudaStream_t stream) {
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(
       cudaMemcpyPeerAsync(dst, dst_device, src, src_device, count, stream),
-      "cudaMemcpyPeerAsync failed in paddle::platform::GpuMemcpyPeer");
+      "cudaMemcpyPeerAsync failed in paddle::platform::GpuMemcpyPeerAsync");
+}
+
+void GpuMemcpyPeerSync(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src,
+                       int src_device, size_t count) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+      cudaMemcpyPeer(dst, dst_device, src, src_device, count),
+      "cudaMemcpyPeer failed in paddle::platform::GpuMemcpyPeerSync");
 }
 
 void GpuMemsetAsync(void *dst, int value, size_t count, cudaStream_t stream) {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.h b/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.h
index 36345e17406e22970806fa274d5a73a703517c43..f4640d3eaa2165c35e8e14690d83e9e7e7168c0b 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/gpu_info.h
@@ -57,9 +57,17 @@ size_t GpuMaxChunkSize();
 void GpuMemcpyAsync(void *dst, const void *src, size_t count,
                     enum cudaMemcpyKind kind, cudaStream_t stream);
 
-//! Copy memory from one device to another device.
-void GpuMemcpyPeer(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src, int src_device,
-                   size_t count, cudaStream_t stream);
+//! Copy memory from address src to dst synchronously.
+void GpuMemcpySync(void *dst, const void *src, size_t count,
+                   enum cudaMemcpyKind kind);
+
+//! Copy memory from one device to another device asynchronously.
+void GpuMemcpyPeerAsync(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src,
+                        int src_device, size_t count, cudaStream_t stream);
+
+//! Copy memory from one device to another device synchronously.
+void GpuMemcpyPeerSync(void *dst, int dst_device, const void *src,
+                       int src_device, size_t count);
 
 //! Set memory dst with value count size asynchronously
 void GpuMemsetAsync(void *dst, int value, size_t count, cudaStream_t stream);