diff --git a/python/paddle/batch.py b/python/paddle/batch.py
index d48c54fcbb66487617b1946bc69724870c8f879c..2ba45c8164602e3d090d158741cf4e94f8af6b9f 100644
--- a/python/paddle/batch.py
+++ b/python/paddle/batch.py
@@ -40,4 +40,9 @@ def batch(reader, batch_size, drop_last=False):
         if drop_last == False and len(b) != 0:
             yield b
 
+    # Batch size check
+    if batch_size <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("batch_size should be a positive integeral value, "
+                         "but got batch_size={}".format(batch_size))
+
     return batch_reader