diff --git a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
index b9b2e87aeba9284269ecdcc0b21dceda8cfbac78..d1220e453758258b65fe2cc5e5ea0ff54318db08 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/paddle_build.sh
@@ -2778,7 +2778,8 @@ function exec_samplecode_test() {
     if [ "$1" = "cpu" ] ; then
         python sampcd_processor.py cpu; example_error=$?
     elif [ "$1" = "gpu" ] ; then
-        python sampcd_processor.py --threads=16 gpu; example_error=$?
+        SAMPLE_CODE_EXEC_THREADS=${SAMPLE_CODE_EXEC_THREADS:-2}
+        python sampcd_processor.py --threads=${SAMPLE_CODE_EXEC_THREADS} gpu; example_error=$?
     fi
     if [ "$example_error" != "0" ];then
       echo "Code instance execution failed" >&2