diff --git a/python/paddle/vision/datasets/flowers.py b/python/paddle/vision/datasets/flowers.py
index 29c6ace6f5eefd04d24f691491c83e341fb809d3..448d6efb52beca953de7981312e8f9131e6fb05d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/vision/datasets/flowers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/vision/datasets/flowers.py
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ class Flowers(Dataset):
 
         scio = try_import('scipy.io')
 
+        # double check data download
+        self.label_file = _check_exists_and_download(self.label_file, LABEL_URL,
+                                                     LABEL_MD5, 'flowers', True)
+
+        self.setid_file = _check_exists_and_download(self.setid_file, SETID_URL,
+                                                     SETID_MD5, 'flowers', True)
+
         self.labels = scio.loadmat(self.label_file)['labels'][0]
         self.indexes = scio.loadmat(self.setid_file)[self.flag][0]