diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
index 3a413941df964c8d9454fafc6030c377c10f9fb1..64d4ceab624312ed366d7e835072899f1f033a88 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ class ReaderBase {
 
 class DecoratedReader : public ReaderBase {
  public:
-  explicit DecoratedReader(ReaderBase* reader) : ReaderBase(), reader_(reader) {
+  explicit DecoratedReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader)
+      : ReaderBase(), reader_(reader) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
   }
 
   void ReInit() override { reader_->ReInit(); }
 
  protected:
-  ReaderBase* reader_;
+  std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> reader_;
 };
 
 class FileReader : public ReaderBase {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class ReaderHolder {
  public:
   void Reset(ReaderBase* reader) { reader_.reset(reader); }
 
-  ReaderBase* Get() const { return reader_.get(); }
+  std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> Get() const { return reader_; }
 
   void ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor>* out) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class ReaderHolder {
   }
 
  private:
-  std::unique_ptr<ReaderBase> reader_;
+  std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> reader_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace framework
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
index 4cc7cbc6e89b0712faf9ad9c51480bce00da15f5..ecbae3894d551186f53625a6cc9cfdb36adc8d2d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class BatchReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  BatchReader(ReaderBase* reader, int batch_size)
+  BatchReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader, int batch_size)
       : DecoratedReader(reader), batch_size_(batch_size) {
     buffer_.reserve(batch_size_);
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
index 331224a59899b4a7d517ca4f7141fb5b8f4f5168..0a02fcdeaa5a6de97d59ddce4f58ad945aa2572a 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class CustomReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  CustomReader(ReaderBase* reader, const framework::BlockDesc& sub_block,
+  CustomReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader,
+               const framework::BlockDesc& sub_block,
                const std::vector<std::string>& source_var_names,
                const std::vector<std::string>& sink_var_names)
       : DecoratedReader(reader),
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
index bc830a2b72e657f79f4c94e24428d38ff2b7c42e..5f35b9b3eac1d9aab8662833c6e39d12f11a0087 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ static constexpr size_t kChannelSize = 1;  // kCacheSize - 2
 class DoubleBufferReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
   explicit DoubleBufferReader(
-      ReaderBase* reader, platform::Place target_place = platform::CPUPlace())
+      const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader,
+      platform::Place target_place = platform::CPUPlace())
       : DecoratedReader(reader), place_(target_place) {
     cpu_tensor_cache_.resize(kCacheSize);
     gpu_tensor_cache_.resize(kCacheSize);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
index 249b0b7c6dbc8b8104bce95562e6e9b2a28c77f8..19b54110b9aeece33b8d6c73612ae0e12dbfafbd 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class MultiPassReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  MultiPassReader(ReaderBase* reader, int pass_num)
+  MultiPassReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader, int pass_num)
       : DecoratedReader(reader), pass_num_(pass_num), pass_count_(0) {}
 
   void ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
index fd233be945932eee9f9a3c0c578a43d5b7cc83aa..57e8e21214b7c99e52550fe51a67c9b5201cb46f 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class ShuffleReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  ShuffleReader(ReaderBase* reader, size_t buffer_size, size_t seed = 0)
+  ShuffleReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader, size_t buffer_size,
+                size_t seed = 0)
       : DecoratedReader(reader), buffer_size_(buffer_size), seed_(seed) {
     VLOG(10) << "Create shuffle reader of " << reader_;
     if (seed_ == 0) {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_threaded_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_threaded_reader_op.cc
index 1db70f3e9699dba604569c36dc35025dfe2c94fe..3798015146f4ffb085aa82e23ca3f1fb3c5cf5a4 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_threaded_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_threaded_reader_op.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class ThreadedReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  explicit ThreadedReader(ReaderBase* reader) : DecoratedReader(reader) {}
+  explicit ThreadedReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader)
+      : DecoratedReader(reader) {}
 
   void ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);