diff --git a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
index ee29b61eec6eed2f95013bd5a9bdf03a8493826e..b4512dae9090a977c7241cdb7b23a30745c52562 100644
--- a/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
+++ b/paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ void BindBlockDesc(py::module &m) {
              return self.Var(name);
            },
            py::return_value_policy::reference)
-      .def("var",
+      .def("find_var",
            [](BlockDescBind &self, py::bytes byte_name) {
              std::string name = byte_name;
-             return self.Var(name);
+             return self.FindVar(name);
            },
            py::return_value_policy::reference)
       .def("all_vars", &BlockDescBind::AllVars,
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/framework.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/framework.py
index 3cfc5bbccf6cad0d2e16329a93c2f3c225738f96..0909da5378d3b314d525958dc7c5e5bf4f662c5d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/framework.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Variable(object):
         if name is None:
             name = Variable._unique_var_name_()
         try:
-            self.desc = self.block.desc.var(name)
+            self.desc = self.block.desc.find_var(name)
             is_new_var = False
         except core.EnforceNotMet:
             self.desc = self.block.desc.var(name)
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_dynamic_recurrent_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_dynamic_recurrent_op.py
index b4629a3adb9a84470843214c7c6d80acde7228cc..2b01e43454e70c12b423db9925837cf336f79935 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_dynamic_recurrent_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_dynamic_recurrent_op.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 
 def create_tensor(scope, name, shape, np_data):
-    tensor = scope.new_var(name).get_tensor()
+    tensor = scope.var(name).get_tensor()
     tensor.set_dims(shape)
     tensor.set(np_data, core.CPUPlace())
     return tensor
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ class DynamicRecurrentOpTest(unittest.TestCase):
         create_tensor(self.scope, "U", [self.input_dim, self.input_dim], U)
         create_tensor(self.scope, "h_boot", [self.num_sents, self.input_dim],
                       h_boot)
-        self.scope.new_var("step_scopes")
-        self.scope.new_var("h@mem")
+        self.scope.var("step_scopes")
+        self.scope.var("h@mem")
 
     def create_rnn_op(self):
         # create RNNOp
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
index 0ccb2e7eb191378dad40830647fe545cda27640e..c775b1a398dabb096845b4a8730152c682b2f0dd 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_protobuf_descs.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class TestBlockDesc(unittest.TestCase):
         var3 = block.var("var3")
         all_vars = block.all_vars()
         self.assertEqual(set(all_vars), set([var1, var2, var3]))
-        var2_re = block.var("var2")
+        var2_re = block.find_var("var2")
         self.assertEqual(var2_re, var2)
 
     def test_add_op(self):