diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_py_layer.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_py_layer.cc
index a0cef6388c13f2f328dfe2c64c6a4391875a55f3..55d9f972db8729498fd2aad543b7a979e4928cbf 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_py_layer.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/eager_py_layer.cc
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ PyObject* pylayer_method_apply(PyObject* cls, PyObject* args,
   PyObject* outputs_tuple = nullptr;
   if (PyTuple_Check(outputs)) {
     outputs_tuple = outputs;
+  } else if (PyList_Check(outputs)) {
+    outputs_tuple = PyList_AsTuple(outputs);
   } else {
     outputs_tuple = PyTuple_New(1);
     Py_INCREF(outputs);