diff --git a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/the_one_ps.py b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/the_one_ps.py
index 642d0e427fa8c..5a5e1283e8e92 100644
--- a/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/the_one_ps.py
+++ b/python/paddle/distributed/fleet/runtime/the_one_ps.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def parse_table_class(varname, o_main_program):
             if op.has_attr('table_class') and op.attr("table_class") != "none":
                 return op.attr('table_class')
             else:
-                return "CommonSparseTable"
+                return "CtrSparseTable"
 
 
 class Accessor:
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/layers/nn.py b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/layers/nn.py
index eb2c94b20106c..55fb59453481e 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/layers/nn.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/contrib/layers/nn.py
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ def sparse_embedding(input,
                      padding_idx=None,
                      is_test=False,
                      entry=None,
-                     table_class="CommonSparseTable",
+                     table_class="CtrSparseTable",
                      param_attr=None,
                      dtype='float32'):
     helper = LayerHelper('sparse_embedding', **locals())
@@ -991,9 +991,12 @@ def sparse_embedding(input,
     padding_idx = -1 if padding_idx is None else padding_idx if padding_idx >= 0 else (
         size[0] + padding_idx)
 
-    if table_class not in ["CommonSparseTable", "SSDSparseTable"]:
+    if table_class not in [
+            "CommonSparseTable", "SSDSparseTable", "CtrSparseTable"
+    ]:
         raise ValueError(
-            "table_class must be in [CommonSparseTable, SSDSparseTable]")
+            "table_class must be in [CommonSparseTable, SSDSparseTable, CtrSparseTable]"
+        )
 
     entry_str = "none"