diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/io.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/io.py
index 57f051985ca0b91a071ad2ef27c48a00b0b615ef..e7a06a07145758335986368fbe111de2bb930246 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/io.py
@@ -198,10 +198,11 @@ def prepend_feed_ops(inference_program, feeded_var_names):
         name='feed', type=core.VarDesc.VarType.FEED_MINIBATCH, persistable=True)
 
     for i, name in enumerate(feeded_var_names):
+        out = global_block.var(name)
         global_block.prepend_op(
             type='feed',
             inputs={'X': [feed_var]},
-            outputs={'Out': [name]},
+            outputs={'Out': [out]},
             attrs={'col': i})