diff --git a/ppocr/utils/save_load.py b/ppocr/utils/save_load.py
index 1d760e983a635dcc6b48b839ee99434c67b4378d..df599706a67adf7d8c42d7917b87039295f7e934 100644
--- a/ppocr/utils/save_load.py
+++ b/ppocr/utils/save_load.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def init_model(config, model, optimizer=None, lr_scheduler=None):
             pretrained_model = [pretrained_model]
         for pretrained in pretrained_model:
             if not (os.path.isdir(pretrained) or
-                    os.path.exists(pretrained + '.pdparams')):
+                    not os.path.exists(pretrained + '.pdparams')):
                 raise ValueError("Model pretrain path {} does not "
                                  "exists.".format(pretrained))
             param_state_dict = paddle.load(pretrained + '.pdparams')