diff --git a/benchmark/paddle/image/resnet.py b/benchmark/paddle/image/resnet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ae1857642e8df4b3859eec68a3a5227d1c4fcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/paddle/image/resnet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from paddle.trainer_config_helpers import *
+
+height = 224
+width = 224
+num_class = 1000
+batch_size = get_config_arg('batch_size', int, 64)
+layer_num = get_config_arg("layer_num", int, 50)
+is_test = get_config_arg("is_test", bool, False)
+
+args = {'height': height, 'width': width, 'color': True, 'num_class': num_class}
+define_py_data_sources2(
+    "train.list", None, module="provider", obj="process", args=args)
+
+settings(
+    batch_size=batch_size,
+    learning_rate=0.01 / batch_size,
+    learning_method=MomentumOptimizer(0.9),
+    regularization=L2Regularization(0.0005 * batch_size))
+
+
+#######################Network Configuration #############
+def conv_bn_layer(name,
+                  input,
+                  filter_size,
+                  num_filters,
+                  stride,
+                  padding,
+                  channels=None,
+                  active_type=ReluActivation()):
+    """
+    A wrapper for conv layer with batch normalization layers.
+    Note:
+    conv layer has no activation.
+    """
+
+    tmp = img_conv_layer(
+        name=name + "_conv",
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=filter_size,
+        num_channels=channels,
+        num_filters=num_filters,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=padding,
+        act=LinearActivation(),
+        bias_attr=False)
+    return batch_norm_layer(
+        name=name + "_bn", input=tmp, act=active_type, use_global_stats=is_test)
+
+
+def bottleneck_block(name, input, num_filters1, num_filters2):
+    """
+    A wrapper for bottlenect building block in ResNet.
+    Last conv_bn_layer has no activation.
+    Addto layer has activation of relu.
+    """
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2a',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2b',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=3,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=1)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2c',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    return addto_layer(
+        name=name + "_addto", input=[input, last_name], act=ReluActivation())
+
+
+def mid_projection(name, input, num_filters1, num_filters2, stride=2):
+    """
+    A wrapper for middile projection in ResNet.
+    projection shortcuts are used for increasing dimensions,
+    and other shortcuts are identity
+    branch1: projection shortcuts are used for increasing
+    dimensions, has no activation.
+    branch2x: bottleneck building block, shortcuts are identity.
+    """
+    # stride = 2
+    branch1 = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch1',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2a',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=0)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2b',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=3,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=1)
+
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2c',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    return addto_layer(
+        name=name + "_addto", input=[branch1, last_name], act=ReluActivation())
+
+
+img = data_layer(name='image', size=height * width * 3)
+
+
+def deep_res_net(res2_num=3, res3_num=4, res4_num=6, res5_num=3):
+    """
+    A wrapper for 50,101,152 layers of ResNet.
+    res2_num: number of blocks stacked in conv2_x
+    res3_num: number of blocks stacked in conv3_x
+    res4_num: number of blocks stacked in conv4_x
+    res5_num: number of blocks stacked in conv5_x
+    """
+    # For ImageNet
+    # conv1: 112x112
+    tmp = conv_bn_layer(
+        "conv1",
+        input=img,
+        filter_size=7,
+        channels=3,
+        num_filters=64,
+        stride=2,
+        padding=3)
+    tmp = img_pool_layer(name="pool1", input=tmp, pool_size=3, stride=2)
+
+    # conv2_x: 56x56
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res2_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=64, num_filters2=256, stride=1)
+    for i in xrange(2, res2_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res2_" + str(i), input=tmp, num_filters1=64, num_filters2=256)
+
+    # conv3_x: 28x28
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res3_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=128, num_filters2=512)
+    for i in xrange(2, res3_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res3_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=128,
+            num_filters2=512)
+
+    # conv4_x: 14x14
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res4_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=256, num_filters2=1024)
+    for i in xrange(2, res4_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res4_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=256,
+            num_filters2=1024)
+
+    # conv5_x: 7x7
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res5_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=512, num_filters2=2048)
+    for i in xrange(2, res5_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res5_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=512,
+            num_filters2=2048)
+
+    tmp = img_pool_layer(
+        name='avgpool',
+        input=tmp,
+        pool_size=7,
+        stride=1,
+        pool_type=AvgPooling())
+
+    return fc_layer(input=tmp, size=num_class, act=SoftmaxActivation())
+
+
+if layer_num == 50:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 4, 6, 3)
+elif layer_num == 101:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 4, 23, 3)
+elif layer_num == 152:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 8, 36, 3)
+else:
+    print("Wrong layer number.")
+
+lbl = data_layer(name="label", size=num_class)
+loss = cross_entropy(name='loss', input=resnet, label=lbl)
+inputs(img, lbl)
+outputs(loss)
diff --git a/benchmark/paddle/image/run_mkldnn.sh b/benchmark/paddle/image/run_mkldnn.sh
index e31fec1cd850157d90ddcab2d559d52381ecd317..a4527e04968cf8c8c3c31d16f50bc3e28381f6d8 100755
--- a/benchmark/paddle/image/run_mkldnn.sh
+++ b/benchmark/paddle/image/run_mkldnn.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,23 @@ function train() {
   export OMP_DYNAMIC="FALSE"
   export KMP_AFFINITY="granularity=fine,compact,0,0"
   topology=$1
-  bs=$2
-  use_mkldnn=$3
-  if [ $3 == "True" ]; then
+  layer_num=$2
+  bs=$3
+  use_mkldnn=$4
+  if [ $4 == "True" ]; then
     thread=1
-    log="logs/${topology}-mkldnn-${bs}.log"
-  elif [ $3 == "False" ]; then
+    log="logs/${topology}-${layer_num}-mkldnn-${bs}.log"
+  elif [ $4 == "False" ]; then
     thread=`nproc`
     # each trainer_count use only 1 core to avoid conflict
     export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
     export MKL_NUM_THREADS=1
-    log="logs/${topology}-${thread}mklml-${bs}.log"
+    log="logs/${topology}-${layer_num}-${thread}mklml-${bs}.log"
   else
     echo "Wrong input $3, use True or False."
     exit 0
   fi
-  args="batch_size=${bs}"
+  args="batch_size=${bs},layer_num=${layer_num}"
   config="${topology}.py"
   paddle train --job=time \
     --config=$config \
@@ -40,12 +41,9 @@ if [ ! -d "logs" ]; then
   mkdir logs
 fi
 
-#========== mkldnn ==========#
-train vgg 64 True
-train vgg 128 True
-train vgg 256 True
-
-#========== mklml ===========#
-train vgg 64 False
-train vgg 128 False
-train vgg 256 False
+for use_mkldnn in True False; do
+  for batchsize in 64 128 256; do
+    train vgg 19 $batchsize $use_mkldnn
+    train resnet 50  $batchsize $use_mkldnn
+  done
+done
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNFcLayer.cpp b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNFcLayer.cpp
index d82063a7130ca928ba042e210eb216f90c7207cd..3429c53d2396e051d62fe0ae405934758e89f9c2 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNFcLayer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNFcLayer.cpp
@@ -60,18 +60,16 @@ void MKLDNNFcLayer::convertWeightsFromPaddle() {
   }
 
   CHECK(wgtVal_) << "should have been initialized";
-  bool hasNoSpatial_ = ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1;
   auto targetDim = wgtVal_->getDims();
-  auto srcFmt = hasNoSpatial_ ? format::io : format::ihwo;
+  auto srcFmt = targetDim.size() == 2 ? format::io : format::ihwo;
   wgtVal_->reorderDataFrom(wgtVal_, srcFmt, targetDim);
   hasInitedWgt_ = true;
 }
 
 void MKLDNNFcLayer::convertWeightsToPaddle() {
   CHECK(wgtVal_) << "should have been initialized";
-  bool hasNoSpatial_ = ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1;
   auto targetDim = wgtVal_->getDims();
-  auto dstFmt = hasNoSpatial_ ? format::io : format::ihwo;
+  auto dstFmt = targetDim.size() == 2 ? format::io : format::ihwo;
   wgtVal_->reorderDataTo(wgtVal_, dstFmt, targetDim);
 }
 
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNLayer.cpp b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNLayer.cpp
index 5fd62f4f73b18df683ccf74143e45054c3631c22..82ef344c7b2aa0093a5f0a28780592dea5d51efe 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNLayer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNLayer.cpp
@@ -181,21 +181,17 @@ void MKLDNNLayer::resetInValue(
   auto extPD = MKLDNNMatrix::createPrimitiveDesc(
       {bs_, ic_, ih_, iw_}, format::nchw, engine_);
   const MatrixPtr& inMat = inputLayers_[inputIdx]->getOutputValue();
-  in = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<MKLDNNMatrix>(inMat);
-  CHECK_EQ(inputIsOnlyMKLDNN(), in != nullptr);
-  if (in == nullptr || in->getFormat() == format::nc) {
-    in = MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
-  }
-  extInVal_ = isPaddleFormat(in->getFormat()) ? in : nullptr;
-  if (in->getFormat() == format::nc) {
-    CHECK(ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1);
+  extInVal_ = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<MKLDNNMatrix>(inMat);
+  CHECK_EQ(inputIsOnlyMKLDNN(), extInVal_ != nullptr);
+  if (extInVal_ == nullptr || extInVal_->getFormat() == format::nc) {
+    extInVal_ = MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
   }
+  in = extInVal_;
   if (nullptr == intPD || in->getPrimitiveDesc() == *intPD) {
     return;
   }
   // need create reorder
   in = MKLDNNMatrix::create(*intPD);
-  extInVal_ = extInVal_ ? extInVal_ : MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
   cvtInVal_ = MKLDNNMatrix::createReorder(extInVal_, in);
   CHECK(cvtInVal_) << "should not be emptry";
 }