diff --git a/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py b/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
index 9f3f016571f0c765f06b64b30bba90182c674600..8208629781bb07957d501ea196e583b33b27329b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
+++ b/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def full(shape,
                 'full')
     check_type(shape, 'shape', (Variable, list, tuple), 'full')
     if out is not None:
-        check_type(shape, 'out', (Variable), 'full')
+        check_type(out, 'out', (Variable), 'full')
 
     if out is None:
         out = helper.create_variable_for_type_inference(dtype=dtype)