diff --git a/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h
index 63031c25cc3570cf40440726ea76976953d5417a..3269116c112f115e1e8fbbee0dc3b81dbe736e69 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h
+++ b/paddle/operators/prelu_op.h
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ class PReluKernel : public framework::OpKernel {
 
     int numel = x->numel();
 
-    Transform(context.device_context(), x_ptr, x_ptr + numel, o_ptr,
-              PReluFunctor<T>(alpha_ptr));
+    Transform<Place> trans;
+    trans(context.device_context(), x_ptr, x_ptr + numel, o_ptr,
+          PReluFunctor<T>(alpha_ptr));
   }
 };
 
@@ -91,8 +92,9 @@ class PReluGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel {
     const T* out_ptr = out->data<T>();
     int numel = dx->numel();
 
-    Transform(context.device_context(), out_ptr, out_ptr + numel, dout_ptr,
-              dx_ptr, PReluGradFunctor<T>(alpha_ptr));
+    Transform<Place> trans;
+    trans(context.device_context(), out_ptr, out_ptr + numel, dout_ptr, dx_ptr,
+          PReluGradFunctor<T>(alpha_ptr));
 
     // TODO (Zhuoyuan): add dalpha upgrade when GPU kernels ready
   }
diff --git a/paddle/platform/transform.h b/paddle/platform/transform.h
index 8eaab047fd4daa386f5ebdbb99a4caeed5fe2fbf..f196868c725cbb91b3df710260c5b60f14d53f37 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/transform.h
+++ b/paddle/platform/transform.h
@@ -29,45 +29,71 @@
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace platform {
+
 // Transform on host or device. It provides the same API in std library.
-template <typename InputIter, typename OutputIter, typename UnaryOperation>
-void Transform(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter first, InputIter last,
-               OutputIter result, UnaryOperation op) {
-  auto place = context.GetPlace();
-  if (is_cpu_place(place)) {
+template <typename Place>
+struct Transform {
+  template <typename InputIter, typename OutputIter, typename UnaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter first, InputIter last,
+                  OutputIter result, UnaryOperation op);
+
+  template <typename InputIter1, typename InputIter2, typename OutputIter,
+            typename BinaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter1 first1,
+                  InputIter1 last1, InputIter2 first2, OutputIter result,
+                  BinaryOperation op);
+};
+
+template <>
+struct Transform<platform::CPUPlace> {
+  template <typename InputIter, typename OutputIter, typename UnaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter first, InputIter last,
+                  OutputIter result, UnaryOperation op) {
+    auto place = context.GetPlace();
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(is_cpu_place(place), "It must use CPU place.");
     std::transform(first, last, result, op);
-  } else {
-#ifdef __NVCC__
-    auto& ctx = reinterpret_cast<const CUDADeviceContext&>(context);
-    using namespace details;
-    thrust::transform(thrust::cuda::par.on(ctx.stream()), DevPtrCast(first),
-                      DevPtrCast(last), DevPtrCast(result), op);
-#else
-    PADDLE_THROW("Do not invoke `Transform<GPUPlace>` in .cc file");
-#endif
   }
-}
 
-template <typename InputIter1, typename InputIter2, typename OutputIter,
-          typename BinaryOperation>
-void Transform(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter1 first1,
-               InputIter1 last1, InputIter2 first2, OutputIter result,
-               BinaryOperation op) {
-  auto place = context.GetPlace();
-  if (is_cpu_place(place)) {
+  template <typename InputIter1, typename InputIter2, typename OutputIter,
+            typename BinaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter1 first1,
+                  InputIter1 last1, InputIter2 first2, OutputIter result,
+                  BinaryOperation op) {
+    auto place = context.GetPlace();
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(is_cpu_place(place), "It must use CPU place.");
     std::transform(first1, last1, first2, result, op);
-  } else {
+  }
+};
+
 #ifdef __NVCC__
+template <>
+struct Transform<platform::GPUPlace> {
+  template <typename InputIter, typename OutputIter, typename UnaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter first, InputIter last,
+                  OutputIter result, UnaryOperation op) {
+    auto place = context.GetPlace();
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(is_gpu_place(place), "It must use GPU place.");
     auto& ctx = reinterpret_cast<const CUDADeviceContext&>(context);
-    using namespace details;
-    thrust::transform(thrust::cuda::par.on(ctx.stream()), DevPtrCast(first1),
-                      DevPtrCast(last1), DevPtrCast(first2), DevPtrCast(result),
+    thrust::transform(thrust::cuda::par.on(ctx.stream()),
+                      details::DevPtrCast(first), details::DevPtrCast(last),
+                      details::DevPtrCast(result), op);
+  }
+
+  template <typename InputIter1, typename InputIter2, typename OutputIter,
+            typename BinaryOperation>
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, InputIter1 first1,
+                  InputIter1 last1, InputIter2 first2, OutputIter result,
+                  BinaryOperation op) {
+    auto place = context.GetPlace();
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(is_gpu_place(place), "It must use GPU place.");
+    auto& ctx = reinterpret_cast<const CUDADeviceContext&>(context);
+    thrust::transform(thrust::cuda::par.on(ctx.stream()),
+                      details::DevPtrCast(first1), details::DevPtrCast(last1),
+                      details::DevPtrCast(first2), details::DevPtrCast(result),
                       op);
-#else
-    PADDLE_THROW("Do not invoke `Transform<GPUPlace>` in .cc file");
-#endif
   }
 };
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace platform
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/platform/transform_test.cu b/paddle/platform/transform_test.cu
index b8a6200bb03c9a40b67be8d113012856e2a407e9..c76cab80e4b0e8df98a7be15f86699cfb6f93af2 100644
--- a/paddle/platform/transform_test.cu
+++ b/paddle/platform/transform_test.cu
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include "paddle/memory/memcpy.h"
 #include "paddle/memory/memory.h"
+#include "paddle/platform/hostdevice.h"
 #include "paddle/platform/transform.h"
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ TEST(Transform, CPUUnary) {
   using namespace paddle::platform;
   CPUDeviceContext ctx;
   float buf[4] = {0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4};
-  Transform(ctx, buf, buf + 4, buf, Scale<float>(10));
+  Transform<paddle::platform::CPUPlace> trans;
+  trans(ctx, buf, buf + 4, buf, Scale<float>(10));
   for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
     ASSERT_NEAR(buf[i], static_cast<float>(i + 1), 1e-5);
   }
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ TEST(Transform, GPUUnary) {
   float cpu_buf[4] = {0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4};
   float* gpu_buf = static_cast<float*>(Alloc(gpu0, sizeof(float) * 4));
   Copy(gpu0, gpu_buf, CPUPlace(), cpu_buf, sizeof(cpu_buf));
-  Transform(ctx, gpu_buf, gpu_buf + 4, gpu_buf, Scale<float>(10));
+  Transform<paddle::platform::GPUPlace> trans;
+  trans(ctx, gpu_buf, gpu_buf + 4, gpu_buf, Scale<float>(10));
   ctx.Wait();
   Copy(CPUPlace(), cpu_buf, gpu0, gpu_buf, sizeof(cpu_buf));
   Free(gpu0, gpu_buf);
@@ -65,7 +68,9 @@ TEST(Transform, CPUBinary) {
   using namespace paddle::platform;
   using namespace paddle::memory;
   int buf[4] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
-  Transform(CPUDeviceContext(), buf, buf + 4, buf, buf, Multiply<int>());
+  Transform<paddle::platform::CPUPlace> trans;
+  CPUDeviceContext ctx;
+  trans(ctx, buf, buf + 4, buf, buf, Multiply<int>());
   for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
     ASSERT_EQ((i + 1) * (i + 1), buf[i]);
   }
@@ -79,11 +84,12 @@ TEST(Transform, GPUBinary) {
   CUDADeviceContext ctx(gpu0);
   int* gpu_buf = static_cast<int*>(Alloc(gpu0, sizeof(buf)));
   Copy(gpu0, gpu_buf, CPUPlace(), buf, sizeof(buf));
-  Transform(ctx, gpu_buf, gpu_buf + 4, gpu_buf, gpu_buf, Multiply<int>());
+  Transform<paddle::platform::GPUPlace> trans;
+  trans(ctx, gpu_buf, gpu_buf + 4, gpu_buf, gpu_buf, Multiply<int>());
   ctx.Wait();
   Copy(CPUPlace(), buf, gpu0, gpu_buf, sizeof(buf));
   Free(gpu0, gpu_buf);
   for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
     ASSERT_EQ((i + 1) * (i + 1), buf[i]);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py
index 76d1f1d5a418b7a2a91b36360a79317d063a72e7..2b6b7db36808a4b68c55328a1eb9ac212c18b678 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_prelu_op.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ class PReluTest(OpTest):
         assert out_np is not self.inputs['X']
         self.outputs = {'Out': out_np}
 
-    def not_test_check_output(self):
+    def test_check_output(self):
         self.check_output()
 
-    def not_test_check_grad(self):
+    def test_check_grad(self):
         self.check_grad(['X'], 'Out')