diff --git a/src/sdk/pynni/nni/compression/torch/compressor.py b/src/sdk/pynni/nni/compression/torch/compressor.py
index 6a60a29cf0..65d2e90f13 100644
--- a/src/sdk/pynni/nni/compression/torch/compressor.py
+++ b/src/sdk/pynni/nni/compression/torch/compressor.py
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ def export_model(self, model_path, mask_path=None, onnx_path=None, input_shape=N
         """
         assert model_path is not None, 'model_path must be specified'
         for name, m in self.bound_model.named_modules():
+            if name == "":
+                continue
             mask = self.mask_dict.get(name)
             if mask is not None:
                 mask_sum = mask.sum().item()