diff --git a/ppocr/utils/utility.py b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
index 83504da4a6..e044a3b678 100644
--- a/ppocr/utils/utility.py
+++ b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def check_and_read(img_path):
     elif os.path.basename(img_path)[-3:].lower() == "pdf":
         from paddle.utils import try_import
 
-        try_import("fitz")
+        fitz = try_import("fitz")
         from PIL import Image
 
         imgs = []
diff --git a/ppstructure/pdf2word/pdf2word.py b/ppstructure/pdf2word/pdf2word.py
index cd21ba12b9..06ae555598 100644
--- a/ppstructure/pdf2word/pdf2word.py
+++ b/ppstructure/pdf2word/pdf2word.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 import cv2
 import platform
 import numpy as np
-import fitz
 from paddle.utils import try_import
 
-try_import("fitz")
+fitz = try_import("fitz")
 from PIL import Image
 from pdf2docx.converter import Converter
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import (