diff --git a/chainercv/links/model/pickable_sequential_chain.py b/chainercv/links/model/pickable_sequential_chain.py
index 178d839cf9..bca032698a 100644
--- a/chainercv/links/model/pickable_sequential_chain.py
+++ b/chainercv/links/model/pickable_sequential_chain.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def __call__(self, x):
         h = x
         for name in self.layer_names[:last_index + 1]:
             h = self[name](h)
+            h.name = name
             if name in pick:
                 layers[name] = h
 
diff --git a/tests/links_tests/model_tests/test_pickable_sequential_chain.py b/tests/links_tests/model_tests/test_pickable_sequential_chain.py
index 10842b3694..1b4e2b3b4e 100644
--- a/tests/links_tests/model_tests/test_pickable_sequential_chain.py
+++ b/tests/links_tests/model_tests/test_pickable_sequential_chain.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def check_call(self, x, expects):
         for out, layer_name in zip(outs, pick):
             self.assertIsInstance(out, chainer.Variable)
             self.assertIsInstance(out.array, self.link.xp.ndarray)
+            self.assertEqual(out.name, layer_name)
 
             out = to_cpu(out.array)
             np.testing.assert_equal(out, to_cpu(expects[layer_name].array))