diff --git a/PaddleCV/metric_learning/utility.py b/PaddleCV/metric_learning/utility.py
index f093f56d2dfa9a0ce147a525c143813d5ed59942..d45715900942f2b817116e4f3fc1faaa4f73d82b 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/metric_learning/utility.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/metric_learning/utility.py
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ def fmt_time():
     now_str = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(time.time()))
     return now_str
 
-def recall_topk(fea, lab, k = 1):
+def recall_topk(fea, lab, k=1):
     fea = np.array(fea)
+    lab = np.array(lab)
     fea = fea.reshape(fea.shape[0], -1)
+    lab = lab.reshape(-1)
     n = np.sqrt(np.sum(fea**2, 1)).reshape(-1, 1)
     fea = fea / n
     a = np.sum(fea ** 2, 1).reshape(-1, 1)
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ def recall_topk(fea, lab, k = 1):
     sorted_index = np.argsort(d, 1)
     res = 0
     for i in range(len(fea)):
-        pred = lab[sorted_index[i][0]]
-        if lab[i] == pred:
+        pred = lab[sorted_index[i][:k]]
+        if lab[i] in pred:
             res += 1.0
     res = res / len(fea)
     return res