diff --git a/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.cpp b/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.cpp
index 7c2f9c372b..765a1b8bf0 100644
--- a/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.cpp
+++ b/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void Parallel_2D::mpi_create_cart(const MPI_Comm& diag_world)
     return;
 }
 
-void Parallel_2D::set_desc(const int& gr, const int& gc, const int& lld)
+void Parallel_2D::set_desc(const int& gr, const int& gc, const int& lld, bool first_time)
 {
     ModuleBase::TITLE("Parallel_2D", "set_desc");
 #ifdef __DEBUG
@@ -129,23 +129,26 @@ void Parallel_2D::set_desc(const int& gr, const int& gc, const int& lld)
     assert(gr > 0 && gc > 0 && lld > 0);
     assert(this->nb > 0 && this->dim0 > 0 && this->dim1 > 0);
 #endif
-    int myprow, mypcol;
-    int* usermap = new int[this->dim0 * this->dim1];
-    int info = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < this->dim0; ++i)
+    if (first_time)
     {
-        for (int j = 0; j < this->dim1; ++j)
+        int myprow, mypcol;
+        int* usermap = new int[this->dim0 * this->dim1];
+        for (int i = 0; i < this->dim0; ++i)
         {
-            int pcoord[2] = { i, j };
-            MPI_Cart_rank(comm_2D, pcoord, &usermap[i + j * this->dim0]);
+            for (int j = 0; j < this->dim1; ++j)
+            {
+                int pcoord[2] = { i, j };
+                MPI_Cart_rank(comm_2D, pcoord, &usermap[i + j * this->dim0]);
+            }
         }
+        MPI_Fint comm_2D_f = MPI_Comm_c2f(comm_2D);
+        Cblacs_get(comm_2D_f, 0, &this->blacs_ctxt);
+        Cblacs_gridmap(&this->blacs_ctxt, usermap, this->dim0, this->dim0, this->dim1);
+        Cblacs_gridinfo(this->blacs_ctxt, &this->dim0, &this->dim1, &myprow, &mypcol);
+        delete[] usermap;
     }
-    MPI_Fint comm_2D_f = MPI_Comm_c2f(comm_2D);
-    Cblacs_get(comm_2D_f, 0, &this->blacs_ctxt);
-    Cblacs_gridmap(&this->blacs_ctxt, usermap, this->dim0, this->dim0, this->dim1);
-    Cblacs_gridinfo(this->blacs_ctxt, &this->dim0, &this->dim1, &myprow, &mypcol);
-    delete[] usermap;
     int ISRC = 0;
+    int info = 0;
     descinit_(desc, &gr, &gc, &this->nb, &this->nb, &ISRC, &ISRC, &this->blacs_ctxt, &lld, &info);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.h b/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.h
index a9a4567218..53060dd9a3 100644
--- a/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.h
+++ b/source/module_basis/module_ao/parallel_2d.h
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class Parallel_2D
     ///@brief set the desc[9] of the 2D-block-cyclic distribution
     void set_desc(const int& gr/**< global row size*/,
         const int& gc/**< global col size*/,
-        const int& lld/**< leading local dimension*/);
+        const int& lld/**< leading local dimension*/,
+        bool first_time = true/**< true: call `Cblacs_get`; false: use `this->blacs_ctxt``*/);
 #else
     void set_serial(const int& M_A/**< global row size*/,
         const int& N_A/**< global col size*/);
diff --git a/source/module_basis/module_ao/test/parallel_2d_test.cpp b/source/module_basis/module_ao/test/parallel_2d_test.cpp
index 534af3304a..eb8a836cb7 100644
--- a/source/module_basis/module_ao/test/parallel_2d_test.cpp
+++ b/source/module_basis/module_ao/test/parallel_2d_test.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   *   set the desc[9] of the 2D-block-cyclic distribution.
   *
   * - set_global2local
-  *   set the map from global index to local index.
+  *   set the map from global index to local index (init, reuse).
   *
   * - set_serial (serial)
   *   set the local(=global) sizes.
@@ -129,6 +129,39 @@ TEST_F(test_para2d, Divide2D)
         }
     }
 }
+
+TEST_F(test_para2d, DescReuseCtxt)
+{
+    for (auto nb : nbs)
+    {
+        Parallel_2D p1;
+        p1.set_block_size(nb);
+        p1.set_proc_dim(dsize);
+        p1.mpi_create_cart(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+        p1.set_local2global(sizes[0].first, sizes[0].second, ofs_running, ofs_running);
+        p1.set_desc(sizes[0].first, sizes[0].second, p1.get_row_size());
+
+        Parallel_2D p2;    // use 2 different sizes, but they can share the same ctxt
+        p2.set_block_size(nb);
+        p2.set_proc_dim(dsize);
+        p2.comm_2D = p1.comm_2D;
+        p2.blacs_ctxt = p1.blacs_ctxt;
+        p2.set_local2global(sizes[1].first, sizes[1].second, ofs_running, ofs_running);
+        p2.set_desc(sizes[1].first, sizes[1].second, p2.get_row_size(), false);
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(p1.desc[1], p2.desc[1]);
+
+        Parallel_2D p3;    // using default `set_desc`, p3 can't share the same ctxt with p1
+        p3.set_block_size(nb);
+        p3.set_proc_dim(dsize);
+        p3.comm_2D = p1.comm_2D;
+        p3.blacs_ctxt = p1.blacs_ctxt;
+        p3.set_local2global(sizes[2].first, sizes[2].second, ofs_running, ofs_running);
+        p3.set_desc(sizes[2].first, sizes[2].second, p3.get_row_size());
+
+        EXPECT_NE(p1.desc[1], p3.desc[1]);
+    }
+}
 #else
 TEST_F(test_para2d, Serial)
 {