diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
index a7f09df4917532e7261cee471c711897c8eb3447..5f21dae60586e926472fc512eca7bcbb55dc8eda 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ void TensorCopy(const Tensor& src, const platform::Place& dst_place,
               << dst_place;
       return;
     }
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
+    if (src.layout() == DataLayout::kMKLDNN) {
+      dst->set_mkldnn_prim_desc(src.get_mkldnn_prim_desc());
+    }
+#endif
     memory::Copy(boost::get<platform::CPUPlace>(dst_place), dst_ptr,
                  boost::get<platform::CPUPlace>(src_place), src_ptr, size);
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f7b6f31dec72a09c414654133dfe717606b0824..d9ac73b0638ad356501a9883b49e65f8f3e32245 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ set(TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR "${INFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR}/transformer")
 download_model_and_data(${TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR} "temp%2Ftransformer_model.tar.gz" "temp%2Ftransformer_data.txt.tar.gz")
 inference_analysis_test(test_analyzer_transformer SRCS analyzer_transformer_tester.cc 
   EXTRA_DEPS ${INFERENCE_EXTRA_DEPS}
-  ARGS --infer_model=${TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR}/model --infer_data=${TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR}/data.txt --batch_size=8)
+  ARGS --infer_model=${TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR}/model --infer_data=${TRANSFORMER_INSTALL_DIR}/data.txt --batch_size=8 SERIAL)
 
 # ocr
 set(OCR_INSTALL_DIR "${INFERENCE_DEMO_INSTALL_DIR}/ocr")
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/analyzer_transformer_tester.cc b/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/analyzer_transformer_tester.cc
index 9d17f38ab764148d4e1a63124289425c7e7aa983..f765f556112915bcfa07b5361a473d39292f711a 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/analyzer_transformer_tester.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/analyzer_transformer_tester.cc
@@ -183,10 +183,13 @@ void SetInput(std::vector<std::vector<PaddleTensor>> *inputs) {
 }
 
 // Easy for profiling independently.
-TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, profile) {
+void profile(bool use_mkldnn = false) {
   AnalysisConfig cfg;
   SetConfig(&cfg);
   std::vector<PaddleTensor> outputs;
+  if (use_mkldnn) {
+    cfg.EnableMKLDNN();
+  }
 
   std::vector<std::vector<PaddleTensor>> input_slots_all;
   SetInput(&input_slots_all);
@@ -194,6 +197,11 @@ TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, profile) {
                  input_slots_all, &outputs, FLAGS_num_threads);
 }
 
+TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, profile) { profile(); }
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
+TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, profile_mkldnn) { profile(true); }
+#endif
+
 // Check the fuse status
 TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, fuse_statis) {
   AnalysisConfig cfg;
@@ -206,9 +214,12 @@ TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, fuse_statis) {
 }
 
 // Compare result of NativeConfig and AnalysisConfig
-TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, compare) {
+void compare(bool use_mkldnn = false) {
   AnalysisConfig cfg;
   SetConfig(&cfg);
+  if (use_mkldnn) {
+    cfg.EnableMKLDNN();
+  }
 
   std::vector<std::vector<PaddleTensor>> input_slots_all;
   SetInput(&input_slots_all);
@@ -216,5 +227,10 @@ TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, compare) {
       reinterpret_cast<const PaddlePredictor::Config *>(&cfg), input_slots_all);
 }
 
+TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, compare) { compare(); }
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN
+TEST(Analyzer_Transformer, compare_mkldnn) { compare(true /* use_mkldnn */); }
+#endif
+
 }  // namespace inference
 }  // namespace paddle