diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
index 7c36efcaf38bbb8905c0a2281fec392d3451292f..d7959c699784e5b6fe911db9d7b9548096714120 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ static const platform::Place PyObjectToPlace(const py::object &place_obj) {
     return place_obj.cast<platform::XPUPlace>();
   } else if (py::isinstance<platform::CUDAPinnedPlace>(place_obj)) {
     return place_obj.cast<platform::CUDAPinnedPlace>();
+  } else if (py::isinstance<platform::Place>(place_obj)) {
+    return place_obj.cast<platform::Place>();
   } else {
     PADDLE_THROW(platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
-        "Place should be one of CPUPlace/XPUPlace/CUDAPlace/CUDAPinnedPlace"));
+        "Place should be one of "
+        "Place/CPUPlace/XPUPlace/CUDAPlace/CUDAPinnedPlace"));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_var_base.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_var_base.py
index 511813fc1cd0f5f20e735edd8b6514ae4a77b2a8..7d3e09a7ddd9d722dfc92c8419aeabc35f44fe5e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_var_base.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_var_base.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class TestVarBase(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(x.numpy(), [1]))
                 self.assertNotEqual(x.dtype, core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32)
 
+                y = paddle.to_tensor(2, place=x.place)
+                self.assertEqual(str(x.place), str(y.place))
+
                 # set_default_dtype should not take effect on numpy
                 x = paddle.to_tensor(
                     np.array([1.2]).astype('float16'),
diff --git a/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py b/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
index 622ae3c584ef04fdfadaa352344b528afe00d92f..b46e1c79461a2b23519cfa462c7e4435b2e45158 100644
--- a/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
+++ b/python/paddle/tensor/creation.py
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ def to_tensor(data, dtype=None, place=None, stop_gradient=True):
 
     if place is None:
         place = _current_expected_place()
-    elif not isinstance(place,
-                        (core.CPUPlace, core.CUDAPinnedPlace, core.CUDAPlace)):
+    elif not isinstance(place, (core.Place, core.CPUPlace, core.CUDAPinnedPlace,
+                                core.CUDAPlace)):
         raise ValueError(
-            "'place' must be any of paddle.Place, paddle.CUDAPinnedPlace, paddle.CUDAPlace"
+            "'place' must be any of paddle.Place, paddle.CPUPlace, paddle.CUDAPinnedPlace, paddle.CUDAPlace"
         )
 
     #Todo(zhouwei): Support allocate tensor on any other specified card