diff --git a/pdseg/eval.py b/pdseg/eval.py
index 54ff853c82d52fc0bbf25cde5a1561c60a22d405..b842431fb895c0985da1de5d5ef65073534a9835 100644
--- a/pdseg/eval.py
+++ b/pdseg/eval.py
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ def evaluate(cfg, ckpt_dir=None, use_gpu=False, use_mpio=False, **kwargs):
 
     ckpt_dir = cfg.TEST.TEST_MODEL if not ckpt_dir else ckpt_dir
 
+    if not os.path.exists(ckpt_dir):
+        raise ValueError('The TEST.TEST_MODEL {} is not found'.format(ckpt_dir))
+
     if ckpt_dir is not None:
         print('load test model:', ckpt_dir)
         fluid.io.load_params(exe, ckpt_dir, main_program=test_prog)