diff --git a/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py b/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
index c9bc2e7722e8027ce870e4969bfcdab720495c28..02a5187dad27b76d04e866de45333d79383c1347 100644
--- a/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
+++ b/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
@@ -438,7 +438,12 @@ class KieLabelEncode(object):
             texts.append(ann['transcription'])
             text_ind = [self.dict[c] for c in text if c in self.dict]
             text_inds.append(text_ind)
-            labels.append(ann['label'])
+            if 'label' in anno.keys():
+                labels.append(ann['label'])
+            elif 'key_cls' in anno.keys():
+                labels.append(anno['key_cls'])
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot found 'key_cls' in ann.keys(), please check your training annotation.")
             edges.append(ann.get('edge', 0))
         ann_infos = dict(
             image=data['image'],