diff --git a/tools/infer/predict_rec.py b/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
index b3d9d4907ba35f7cfade795b6d3897c525d41e6d..b24e57dd973bc0216f2875232bcec6e36ab47e29 100755
--- a/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
+++ b/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
@@ -248,9 +248,11 @@ class TextRecognizer(object):
 def main(args):
     image_file_list = get_image_file_list(args.image_dir)
     text_recognizer = TextRecognizer(args)
+    total_run_time = 0.0
+    total_images_num = 0
     valid_image_file_list = []
     img_list = []
-    for image_file in image_file_list:
+    for idx, image_file in enumerate(image_file_list):
         img, flag = check_and_read_gif(image_file)
         if not flag:
             img = cv2.imread(image_file)
@@ -259,22 +261,29 @@ def main(args):
             continue
         valid_image_file_list.append(image_file)
         img_list.append(img)
-    try:
-        rec_res, predict_time = text_recognizer(img_list)
-    except:
-        logger.info(traceback.format_exc())
-        logger.info(
-            "ERROR!!!! \n"
-            "Please read the FAQ：https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR#faq \n"
-            "If your model has tps module:  "
-            "TPS does not support variable shape.\n"
-            "Please set --rec_image_shape='3,32,100' and --rec_char_type='en' ")
-        exit()
-    for ino in range(len(img_list)):
-        logger.info("Predicts of {}:{}".format(valid_image_file_list[ino],
-                                               rec_res[ino]))
+        if len(img_list) >= args.rec_batch_num or idx == len(
+                image_file_list) - 1:
+            try:
+                rec_res, predict_time = text_recognizer(img_list)
+                total_run_time += predict_time
+            except:
+                logger.info(traceback.format_exc())
+                logger.info(
+                    "ERROR!!!! \n"
+                    "Please read the FAQ：https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR#faq \n"
+                    "If your model has tps module:  "
+                    "TPS does not support variable shape.\n"
+                    "Please set --rec_image_shape='3,32,100' and --rec_char_type='en' "
+                )
+                exit()
+            for ino in range(len(img_list)):
+                logger.info("Predicts of {}:{}".format(valid_image_file_list[
+                    ino], rec_res[ino]))
+            total_images_num += len(valid_image_file_list)
+            valid_image_file_list = []
+            img_list = []
     logger.info("Total predict time for {} images, cost: {:.3f}".format(
-        len(img_list), predict_time))
+        total_images_num, total_run_time))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":