diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a61a8d78614472965638ce42447ab97b7a62944..cb492f999532fff3562050135c3a1abdcda06ad5 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else()
       variable_response.cc
       collective_client.cc collective_server.cc
       ${BRPC_SRCS}
-    PROTO ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/send_recv.proto
+    PROTO send_recv.proto
     DEPS lod_tensor selected_rows memory)
 
   set(RPC_DEPS sendrecvop_rpc brpc ssl crypto protobuf leveldb snappystream snappy zlib)