diff --git a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/NeuralNetwork.cpp b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/NeuralNetwork.cpp
index 3b6234a6e5e07c506e0c86d0e32a77b5e134b744..1f2aa61b6f86eebf7b002f1e48aa56d1d14d4820 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/NeuralNetwork.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/NeuralNetwork.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void NeuralNetwork::init(const ModelConfig& config,
   }
 
   for (const auto& layer : layers_) {
-    const auto name& = layer->getName();
+    const auto& name = layer->getName();
     bool isMiddleLayer = true;
 
     // if data layer