diff --git a/paddle/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc b/paddle/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
index ad09fb53ce8c9bf0187e595fe3cdcb6685ab9889..efde850143ce188300667b21e4b539b1d150d9ae 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/operators/tensor_array_read_write_op.cc
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ class WriteToArrayOp : public ArrayOp {
                << " to " << offset + 1;
       out->resize(offset + 1);
     }
-    auto *out_tensor = &out->at(offset);
-    CopyFrom(x_tensor, dev_ctx.GetPlace(), dev_ctx, out_tensor);
-    out_tensor->set_lod(x_tensor.lod());
+    if (x_tensor.memory_size() > 0) {
+      auto *out_tensor = &out->at(offset);
+      CopyFrom(x_tensor, dev_ctx.GetPlace(), dev_ctx, out_tensor);
+      out_tensor->set_lod(x_tensor.lod());
+    } else {
+      VLOG(10) << "WARNING: The input tensor 'x_tensor' holds no memory, so "
+                  "nothing has been written to output array["
+               << offset << "].";
+    }
   }
 };