diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/parallel_layers/pp_layers.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/parallel_layers/pp_layers.py
index a6e8661f7a6eae312220a886fa6e0990acb164e8..21770fff656ad25509a1571c0b6acee71ad81e39 100755
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/parallel_layers/pp_layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/parallel_layers/pp_layers.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class PipelineLayer(Layer):
         for virtual_pp_rank in range(self._num_virtual_pipeline_stages):
             # Mapping the virtual pipeline stage to the real pipeline stage.
             # start_idx marks the start of a new virtual pp stage.
-            start_idx = virtual_pp_rank * self._num_virtual_pipeline_stages
+            start_idx = virtual_pp_rank * self._num_stages
             for stage in range(self._num_stages):
                 # stage mark the real pp stage
                 if self.segment_parts[start_idx +
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class PipelineLayer(Layer):
                     ", ".join(str(arg) for arg in self.segment_parts))
 
         for i in range(self._stage_id, self._total_stages_with_virtual_stages,
-                       self._num_virtual_pipeline_stages):
+                       self._num_stages):
             # If there are 2 real pp stages and 2 virtual pp stages, and the model has 8 layers.
             # Layers [0, 1], [4, 5] will be assigned to the first real pp stage.
             # Layers [2, 3], [6, 7] will be assigned to the second real pp stage.
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class PipelineLayer(Layer):
                 stage_to_virtual_stage_info = "stage {} contains virtual stages: ".format(
                     stage)
                 for i in range(stage, self._total_stages_with_virtual_stages,
-                               self._num_virtual_pipeline_stages):
+                               self._num_stages):
                     stage_to_virtual_stage_info += " {},".format(i)
                 logger.info(stage_to_virtual_stage_info)