diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_py_reader_combination.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_py_reader_combination.py
index 21f5fe4b581ab74bae52d952020ed2183820c471..2d977caa03369840d4ac31344195878a9998f685 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_py_reader_combination.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_py_reader_combination.py
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class TestPyReaderCombination(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(image1, image2))
         self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(label1, label2))
 
+    # FIXME(zjl): do not know why Python 35 would raise SIGABRT if not reset reader
+    # manually.
+    def _reset_iterable_reader(self, py_reader):
+        if py_reader.iterable:
+            py_reader._loader._reset()
+
     def main_impl(self, place):
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
             image = fluid.layers.data(
@@ -70,6 +76,9 @@ class TestPyReaderCombination(unittest.TestCase):
 
                 self.assertEqual(batch_num, max_num)
 
+            self._reset_iterable_reader(py_reader1)
+            self._reset_iterable_reader(py_reader2)
+
     def get_places(self):
         if fluid.is_compiled_with_cuda():
             return [fluid.CUDAPlace(0), fluid.CPUPlace()]