diff --git a/src/executor/graph_executor.cc b/src/executor/graph_executor.cc
index 53b5941778c9..28862a49fae1 100644
--- a/src/executor/graph_executor.cc
+++ b/src/executor/graph_executor.cc
@@ -1522,7 +1522,8 @@ static nnvm::Symbol PartitionGraph(const nnvm::Symbol& src,
         auto full_name = subgraph_prop->HasAttr("property_name")
                              ? subgraph_prop->GetAttr<std::string>("property_name")
                              : prop_name;
-        LOG(INFO) << "Skip subgraph " << full_name << " as it requires `grad_req=null`.";
+        LOG(INFO) << "skip partitioning graph with subgraph property " << full_name
+                  << " as it requires `grad_req=null`.";
         continue;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/operator/subgraph/subgraph_property.h b/src/operator/subgraph/subgraph_property.h
index 813fbd34f63a..bbbf4e49ac2a 100644
--- a/src/operator/subgraph/subgraph_property.h
+++ b/src/operator/subgraph/subgraph_property.h
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ class SubgraphPropertyRegistry {
 typedef dmlc::ThreadLocalStore<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>>>
   SubgraphPropertyOpNameSet;
 
-#define DECLAREPROPERTY1(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X) \
-  DMLC_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED auto __make_##SubgraphPropertyType##_##Name##_##X##__
-#define DECLAREPROPERTY(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X) \
-  DECLAREPROPERTY1(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X)
+#define DECLARE_PROPERTY_EX(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X) \
+  const static DMLC_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED auto __make_##SubgraphPropertyType##_##Name##_##X##__
+#define DECLARE_PROPERTY(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X) \
+  DECLARE_PROPERTY_EX(NAME, SubgraphPropertyType, X)
 
 #define MXNET_REGISTER_SUBGRAPH_PROPERTY(Name, SubgraphPropertyType) \
-  static DECLAREPROPERTY(Name, SubgraphPropertyType, __LINE__) =     \
+  DECLARE_PROPERTY(Name, SubgraphPropertyType, __LINE__) =           \
       SubgraphPropertyRegistry::Get()->__REGISTER__(#Name, &SubgraphPropertyType::Create)
 
 }  // namespace op