diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/save_combine_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/save_combine_op.cc
index 6da73c99068bc0e0453dfdd1b5eca8e1add1954b..7fe6623dcca14afc8fafc4875ccfb7546e4456f0 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/save_combine_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/save_combine_op.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class SaveCombineOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   framework::OpKernelType GetKernelTypeForVar(
       const std::string& var_name, const Tensor& tensor,
       const framework::OpKernelType& expected_kernel_type) const override {
-    return expected_kernel_type;
+    return framework::OpKernelType(expected_kernel_type.data_type_,
+                                   tensor.place());
   }
 };