diff --git a/demo/imagenet_reader.py b/demo/imagenet_reader.py
index 01aa65a50ea4d556a89beff0541b9ddae87be604..947fd023b9c6eea5f4d6d0a5d52337b1ba97cc3f 100644
--- a/demo/imagenet_reader.py
+++ b/demo/imagenet_reader.py
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ def distort_color(img):
 def process_image(sample, mode, color_jitter, rotate):
     img_path = sample[0]
 
-    img = Image.open(img_path)
+    try:
+        img = Image.open(img_path)
+    except:
+        print(img_path, "not exists!")
+        return None
     if mode == 'train':
         if rotate: img = rotate_image(img)
         img = random_crop(img, DATA_DIM)