diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py b/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
index 28d8eeb7729b8b2c530c0b25504f0447f45fd697..2c2e3e12edf64f5acdc081aec350c7293f21fabb 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/jit/tracing.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pickle
 import re
 import struct
 import sys
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Sequence
 
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ class trace:
     def _process_outputs(self, outputs):
         if isinstance(outputs, RawTensor):
             outputs = [outputs]
+        if not isinstance(outputs, Sequence):
+            outputs = [outputs]
         if isinstance(outputs, collections.abc.Mapping):
             output_names, outputs = zip(*sorted(outputs.items()))
         else:
@@ -248,6 +250,9 @@ class trace:
             output_names = None
         self._output_names = output_names
         for i, output in enumerate(outputs):
+            assert isinstance(
+                output, RawTensor
+            ), "Only support return tensors when capture_as_const is enabled"
             name_tensor("output_{}".format(i), output)
         if self._output_bindings is None:
             self._output_bindings = ["output_{}".format(i) for i in range(len(outputs))]
@@ -679,6 +684,10 @@ class trace:
             raise ValueError(
                 "you must specify capture_as_const=True at __init__ to use dump"
             )
+        if not hasattr(self, "_output_names"):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "the traced function without return values cannot be dumped, the traced function should return List[Tensor] or Dict[str, Tensor]"
+            )
         if self._output_names and output_names:
             raise TypeError(
                 "cannot specify output_names when output is already in dict format"
diff --git a/imperative/python/test/unit/jit/test_tracing.py b/imperative/python/test/unit/jit/test_tracing.py
index dc0d3f5f312c7f933329f829c3bb0391da42e492..f0eb376db2eb4309a85d542759886ad1fc0951f8 100644
--- a/imperative/python/test/unit/jit/test_tracing.py
+++ b/imperative/python/test/unit/jit/test_tracing.py
@@ -782,3 +782,24 @@ def test_invalid_inp_error():
         )
     else:
         assert False
+
+
+def test_dump_without_output_error():
+    def forward(x):
+        return x * x
+
+    @trace(symbolic=True, capture_as_const=True)
+    def f(x):
+        y = forward(x)
+
+    data = tensor([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+
+    f(data)
+    try:
+        file = io.BytesIO()
+        f.dump(file, arg_names=["x"])
+    except Exception as e:
+        assert (
+            str(e)
+            == "the traced function without return values cannot be dumped, the traced function should return List[Tensor] or Dict[str, Tensor]"
+        )