diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.cc
index 162b0355b58b1dd5769da32de820cdb2b5319fd1..d9d6b7dd67f1c6e4bbd6a4e1a8f0843d4cb93c05 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.cc
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License. */
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
-size_t GetIndex(const std::vector<int64_t>& rows, int64_t value) {
-  auto it = std::find(rows.begin(), rows.end(), value);
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(it != rows.end(), "id should be in rows");
-  return static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(rows.begin(), it));
-}
-
 void SerializeToStream(std::ostream& os, const SelectedRows& selected_rows,
                        const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) {
   {  // the 1st field, uint32_t version
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h
index 2979d408701976599c9da95e3bed6a3448b27942..8e2d9470d3954e0f66c74828a8d8292c2875a8f4 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ class SelectedRows {
 
   void set_rows(const Vector<int64_t>& rows) { rows_ = rows; }
 
+  /**
+   * get the index of id in rows
+   */
+  int64_t index(int64_t id) const {
+    auto it = std::find(rows_.begin(), rows_.end(), id);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(it != rows_.end(), "id should be in rows");
+    return static_cast<int64_t>(std::distance(rows_.begin(), it));
+  }
+
   DDim GetCompleteDims() const {
     std::vector<int64_t> dims = vectorize(value_->dims());
     dims[0] = height_;
@@ -65,11 +74,6 @@ class SelectedRows {
   int64_t height_;
 };
 
-/**
- * Find the index of value in rows.
- */
-size_t GetIndex(const std::vector<int64_t>& rows, int64_t value);
-
 /*
  * Serialize/Desiralize SelectedRows to std::ostream
  * You can pass ofstream or ostringstream to serilize to file
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.h
index fff5edda62d4b115605a4cab35ed5457b4db5f21..cb088c267bcc028ff11583cd73de5ca1722a9b69 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.h
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ using LoDTensor = framework::LoDTensor;
 using SelectedRows = framework::SelectedRows;
 using DDim = framework::DDim;
 
-static constexpr int64_t kNoPadding = -1;
-
-inline size_t getIndex(const std::vector<int64_t> &rows, int64_t value) {
-  auto it = std::find(rows.begin(), rows.end(), value);
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(it != rows.end(), "id should be in rows");
-  return static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(rows.begin(), it));
-}
+constexpr int64_t kNoPadding = -1;
 
 template <typename T>
 class LookupTableKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
@@ -55,7 +49,9 @@ class LookupTableKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
       auto *table_t = context.Input<SelectedRows>("W");
       table_dim = table_t->value().dims();
     } else {
-      PADDLE_THROW("table only support LoDTensor and SelectedRows");
+      PADDLE_THROW(
+          "The parameter W of a LookupTable "
+          "must be either LoDTensor or SelectedRows");
     }
 
     int64_t *ids;
@@ -107,7 +103,7 @@ class LookupTableKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
           memset(output + i * row_width, 0, row_width * sizeof(T));
         } else {
           PADDLE_ENFORCE_GE(ids[i], 0);
-          auto id_index = getIndex(table_t.rows(), ids[i]);
+          auto id_index = table_t.index(ids[i]);
           memcpy(output + i * row_width, table + id_index * row_width,
                  row_width * sizeof(T));
         }
@@ -128,7 +124,9 @@ class LookupTableGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
       auto *table_t = context.Input<SelectedRows>("W");
       table_dim = table_t->value().dims();
     } else {
-      PADDLE_THROW("table only support LoDTensor and SelectedRows");
+      PADDLE_THROW(
+          "The parameter W of a LookupTable "
+          "must be either LoDTensor or SelectedRows");
     }
 
     bool is_sparse = context.Attr<bool>("is_sparse");
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/sgd_op.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/sgd_op.h
index 237cd2f8122466458e8356bb6d462a816ed1593a..8d2bdf75903b4958e14605781f65c5a214cb5300 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/sgd_op.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/sgd_op.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class SGDOpKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
       for (size_t i = 0; i < grad.rows().size(); i++) {
         PADDLE_ENFORCE(grad.rows()[i] < grad.height(),
                        "Input rows index should less than height");
-        size_t id_index = framework::GetIndex(param.rows(), grad.rows()[i]);
+        int64_t id_index = param.index(grad.rows()[i]);
         for (int64_t j = 0; j < grad_row_width; j++) {
           out_data[id_index * grad_row_width + j] -=
               lr[0] * grad_data[i * grad_row_width + j];