diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/functional/elemwise.py b/imperative/python/megengine/functional/elemwise.py
index 3b71291c83d77bec501797cbcb16e04a640a8b20..686ddf4cbb29f7d220b65985122d5a8d04d85100 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/functional/elemwise.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/functional/elemwise.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from ..core.ops import builtin
 from ..core.tensor import megbrain_graph, utils
 from ..core.tensor.core import apply
 from ..device import get_default_device
+from ..jit.tracing import is_tracing
 from ..tensor import Tensor
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -580,7 +581,8 @@ def clip(x: Tensor, lower=None, upper=None) -> Tensor:
     ), "At least one of 'lower' or 'upper' must not be None"
     if lower is not None:
         if upper is not None:
-            assert lower <= upper, "clip lower bound is bigger that upper bound"
+            if not is_tracing():
+                assert lower <= upper, "clip lower bound is bigger that upper bound"
             return minimum(maximum(x, lower), upper)
         else:
             return maximum(x, lower)
diff --git a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
index bca796a320f1ec6c34fdb3a095dad1b479a33699..abc2463f6b43960758c7941149c06550c8f72d25 100644
--- a/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/test/unit/test_tracing.py
@@ -394,3 +394,15 @@ def test_trace_valid_broadcast():
 
     f(x1, shape)
     f(x2, shape)
+
+
+def test_clip():
+    x = tensor(np.random.randn(10, 10))
+
+    @trace(symbolic=True)
+    def f(x, lower, upper):
+        y = F.clip(x, lower, upper)
+        return y
+
+    for i in range(3):
+        f(x, tensor([0]), tensor([1]))