diff --git a/python_module/megengine/data/_queue.py b/python_module/megengine/data/_queue.py
index 94898e99ccc0784ce8f93f457dfb7472f3b90e72..a9e328c65c56e4f4ba736b510176677b6c735c32 100644
--- a/python_module/megengine/data/_queue.py
+++ b/python_module/megengine/data/_queue.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import queue
 import subprocess
 from multiprocessing import Queue
 
+import pyarrow
 import pyarrow.plasma as plasma
 
 MGE_PLASMA_MEMORY = int(os.environ.get("MGE_PLASMA_MEMORY", 4000000000))  # 4GB
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER = None
 
 
 def _clear_plasma_store():
-    # `_PlasmaStoreManager.__del__` will not ne called automaticly in subprocess,
+    # `_PlasmaStoreManager.__del__` will not be called automaticly in subprocess,
     # so this function should be called explicitly
     global MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER
     if MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER is not None:
@@ -31,19 +32,27 @@ def _clear_plasma_store():
 
 
 class _PlasmaStoreManager:
+    __initialized = False
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.socket_name = "/tmp/mge_plasma_{}".format(
             binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(8)).decode()
         )
         debug_flag = bool(os.environ.get("MGE_DATALOADER_PLASMA_DEBUG", 0))
+        # NOTE: this is a hack. Directly use `plasma_store` may make subprocess
+        # difficult to handle the exception happened in `plasma-store-server`.
+        # For `plasma_store` is just a wrapper of `plasma-store-server`, which use
+        # `os.execv` to call the executable `plasma-store-server`.
+        cmd_path = os.path.join(pyarrow.__path__[0], "plasma-store-server")
         self.plasma_store = subprocess.Popen(
-            ["plasma_store", "-s", self.socket_name, "-m", str(MGE_PLASMA_MEMORY),],
+            [cmd_path, "-s", self.socket_name, "-m", str(MGE_PLASMA_MEMORY),],
             stdout=None if debug_flag else subprocess.DEVNULL,
             stderr=None if debug_flag else subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
+        self.__initialized = True
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if self.plasma_store and self.plasma_store.returncode is None:
+        if self.__initialized and self.plasma_store.returncode is None:
             self.plasma_store.kill()
 
 
@@ -64,10 +73,15 @@ class PlasmaShmQueue:
         if MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER is None:
             try:
                 MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER = _PlasmaStoreManager()
-            except FileNotFoundError as e:
-                raise FileNotFoundError(
-                    "command 'plasma_store' not found in your $PATH!"
-                    "Please make sure pyarrow installed and add into $PATH."
+            except Exception as e:
+                err_info = (
+                    "Please make sure pyarrow installed correctly!\n"
+                    "You can try reinstall pyarrow and see if you can run "
+                    "`plasma_store -s /tmp/mge_plasma_xxx -m 1000` normally."
+                )
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "Exception happened in starting plasma_store: {}\n"
+                    "Tips: {}".format(str(e), err_info)
                 )
 
         self.socket_name = MGE_PLASMA_STORE_MANAGER.socket_name