diff --git a/ppocr/data/det/dataset_traversal.py b/ppocr/data/det/dataset_traversal.py
index ab635de3e9f22cd0556c651bf9c70654bd83be77..d7c74078fb615b0852ff4bf81bc6b72e9b72ad85 100644
--- a/ppocr/data/det/dataset_traversal.py
+++ b/ppocr/data/det/dataset_traversal.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class EvalTestReader(object):
             batch_outs = []
             for img_path in img_list:
                 img = cv2.imread(img_path)
+                if len(list(img.shape)) == 2 or img.shape[2] == 1:
+                    img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
                 if img is None:
                     logger.info("load image error:" + img_path)
                     continue