diff --git a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/coco_eval.py b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/coco_eval.py
index 7640145ddf452df7ce399f70327e2ec5a7fb3a63..d1ce5dcbd35e6f1cce80e90ef8e066dbd9390fcc 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/coco_eval.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/PaddleDetection/ppdet/utils/coco_eval.py
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ def mask_eval(results, anno_file, outfile, resolution, thresh_binarize=0.5):
     clsid2catid = {i + 1: v for i, v in enumerate(coco_gt.getCatIds())}
 
     segm_results = mask2out(results, clsid2catid, resolution, thresh_binarize)
-    assert len(
-        segm_results) > 0, "The number of valid mask detected is zero.\n \
-        Please use reasonable model and check input data."
+    if len(segm_results) == 0:
+        logger.warning("The number of valid mask detected is zero.\n \
+            Please use reasonable model and check input data.")
+        return
 
     with open(outfile, 'w') as f:
         json.dump(segm_results, f)
@@ -556,4 +557,4 @@ def coco17_category_info(with_background=True):
     if not with_background:
         clsid2catid = {k - 1: v for k, v in clsid2catid.items()}
 
-    return clsid2catid, catid2name
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+    return clsid2catid, catid2name