diff --git a/tools/eval_mot.py b/tools/eval_mot.py
index 15563866dab6fb9e0252c29710a60ef4a8750183..cce7085171e296760280532bfb8b6acacf4c8011 100644
--- a/tools/eval_mot.py
+++ b/tools/eval_mot.py
@@ -108,8 +108,17 @@ def main():
     check_gpu(cfg.use_gpu)
     check_version()
 
-    place = 'gpu:{}'.format(ParallelEnv().dev_id) if cfg.use_gpu else 'cpu'
-    place = paddle.set_device(place)
+    # disable xpu in config by default
+    if 'use_xpu' not in cfg:
+        cfg.use_xpu = False
+
+    if cfg.use_gpu:
+        place = paddle.set_device('gpu')
+    elif cfg.use_xpu:
+        place = paddle.set_device('xpu')
+    else:
+        place = paddle.set_device('cpu')
+
     run(FLAGS, cfg)