diff --git a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/checkpoint.py b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/checkpoint.py
index 689059a4c17fb23e1a7888c73052117fb3348af3..4a20ef7256849bb012de6f7890291131152b3a73 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/checkpoint.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/checkpoint.py
@@ -83,6 +83,23 @@ def load_checkpoint(exe, prog, path):
     fluid.io.load_persistables(exe, path, prog)
 
 
+def global_step(scope=None):
+    """
+    Load global step in scope.
+    Args:
+        scope (fluid.Scope): load global step from which scope. If None,
+            from default global_scope().
+
+    Returns:
+        global step: int.
+    """
+    if scope is None:
+        scope = fluid.global_scope()
+    v = scope.find_var('@LR_DECAY_COUNTER@')
+    step = np.array(v.get_tensor())[0] if v else 0
+    return step
+
+
 def save(exe, prog, path):
     """
     Load model from the given path.
diff --git a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/tools/train.py b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/tools/train.py
index 037decdcc4139ca7336d6bb9df1772d09564033f..274cdff9fd94c93e690f352e51900254b5b8c13f 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/tools/train.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/tools/train.py
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ def main():
     exe.run(startup_prog)
 
     freeze_bn = getattr(model.backbone, 'freeze_norm', False)
+    start_iter = 0
     if FLAGS.resume_checkpoint:
         checkpoint.load_checkpoint(exe, train_prog, FLAGS.resume_checkpoint)
+        start_iter = checkpoint.global_step()
     elif cfg.pretrain_weights and freeze_bn:
         checkpoint.load_and_fusebn(exe, train_prog, cfg.pretrain_weights)
     elif cfg.pretrain_weights:
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ def main():
 
     cfg_name = os.path.basename(FLAGS.config).split('.')[0]
     save_dir = os.path.join(cfg.save_dir, cfg_name)
-    for it in range(cfg.max_iters):
+    for it in range(start_iter, cfg.max_iters):
         start_time = end_time
         end_time = time.time()
         outs = exe.run(train_compile_program, fetch_list=train_values)