diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/utils.py b/python/paddle/distributed/utils.py
index a8d304907a6bb1e1e54c300b20e65cfc21980c34..6d14b30d18c7f1f8cccc979e0e6d97df3a6f0b8a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/utils.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/utils.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class Trainer(object):
     def __ne__(self, t):
         return not self == t
 
-    def rank(self):
+    def get_rank(self):
         return self.rank