diff --git a/ppcls/utils/convert_weights.py b/ppcls/utils/convert_weights.py
index ee45d9f38..99ecec5a2 100644
--- a/ppcls/utils/convert_weights.py
+++ b/ppcls/utils/convert_weights.py
@@ -16,16 +16,27 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+__all__ == ["extract_subnet_weights"]
+
 import os
 import paddle
 
 
-def convert_distill_weights(distill_weights_path, student_weights_path):
+def extract_subnet_weights(distill_weights_path,
+                           student_weights_path,
+                           student_name="Student"):
     assert os.path.exists(distill_weights_path), \
         "Given distill_weights_path {} not exist.".format(distill_weights_path)
     # Load teacher and student weights 
     all_params = paddle.load(distill_weights_path)
     # Extract student weights
-    s_params = {key[len("Student."):]: all_params[key] for key in all_params if "Student." in key}
-    # Save student weights
+    student_prefix = student_name + "."
+    s_params = {
+        key[len(student_prefix):]: all_params[key]
+        for key in all_params if student_prefix in key
+    }
+    assert len(
+        s_params
+    ) > 0, f"extracted params length must be > 0 but got {len(s_params)}"
+    # Save subnet weights
     paddle.save(s_params, student_weights_path)