diff --git a/mindspore/dataset/engine/validators.py b/mindspore/dataset/engine/validators.py
index d32a00e1752731825f542ad6d655cd465b700ba4..f924acb57ac660dda604f48d9c3bc440f3186e8b 100644
--- a/mindspore/dataset/engine/validators.py
+++ b/mindspore/dataset/engine/validators.py
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ def check_generatordataset(method):
 
         # check column_names or schema; required argument
         column_names = param_dict.get('column_names')
+        if column_names is not None:
+            check_columns(column_names, "column_names")
         schema = param_dict.get('schema')
         if column_names is None and schema is None:
             raise ValueError("Neither columns_names not schema are provided.")