diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/cifar_op.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/cifar_op.cc
index fceec890b2fae0958e67a708caca92360835132a..edace86ee8e3a07ae909b84c4b2107918a391cc1 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/cifar_op.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/cifar_op.cc
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ Status CifarOp::GetCifarFiles() {
     std::string err_msg = "Unable to open directory " + dataset_directory.toString();
     RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED(err_msg);
   }
+  if (cifar_files_.size() == 0) {
+    RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED("No .bin files found under " + folder_path_);
+  }
   std::sort(cifar_files_.begin(), cifar_files_.end());
   return Status::OK();
 }
diff --git a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_datasets_cifarop.py b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_datasets_cifarop.py
index 2b66f3266575cb33d549161e7bf3526371bc4245..9b485cac8c2dc764d020a488cc273145214ddf1e 100644
--- a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_datasets_cifarop.py
+++ b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_datasets_cifarop.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from mindspore import log as logger
 
 DATA_DIR_10 = "../data/dataset/testCifar10Data"
 DATA_DIR_100 = "../data/dataset/testCifar100Data"
+NO_BIN_DIR = "../data/dataset/testMnistData"
 
 
 def load_cifar(path, kind="cifar10"):
@@ -208,6 +209,12 @@ def test_cifar10_exception():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=error_msg_6):
         ds.Cifar10Dataset(DATA_DIR_10, shuffle=False, num_parallel_workers=88)
 
+    error_msg_7 = "No .bin files found"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=error_msg_7):
+        ds1 = ds.Cifar10Dataset(NO_BIN_DIR)
+        for _ in ds1.__iter__():
+            pass
+
 
 def test_cifar10_visualize(plot=False):
     """
@@ -352,6 +359,12 @@ def test_cifar100_exception():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=error_msg_6):
         ds.Cifar100Dataset(DATA_DIR_100, shuffle=False, num_parallel_workers=88)
 
+    error_msg_7 = "No .bin files found"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=error_msg_7):
+        ds1 = ds.Cifar100Dataset(NO_BIN_DIR)
+        for _ in ds1.__iter__():
+            pass
+
 
 def test_cifar100_visualize(plot=False):
     """