diff --git a/tools/infer/predict_rec.py b/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
index 1cb6e01b087ff98efb0a57be3cc58a79425fea57..24388026b8f395427c93e285ed550446e3aa9b9c 100755
--- a/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
+++ b/tools/infer/predict_rec.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TextRecognizer(object):
         self.character_type = args.rec_char_type
         self.rec_batch_num = args.rec_batch_num
         self.rec_algorithm = args.rec_algorithm
+        self.max_text_length = args.max_text_length
         postprocess_params = {
             'name': 'CTCLabelDecode',
             "character_type": args.rec_char_type,
@@ -186,8 +187,9 @@ class TextRecognizer(object):
                     norm_img = norm_img[np.newaxis, :]
                     norm_img_batch.append(norm_img)
                 else:
-                    norm_img = self.process_image_srn(
-                        img_list[indices[ino]], self.rec_image_shape, 8, 25)
+                    norm_img = self.process_image_srn(img_list[indices[ino]],
+                                                      self.rec_image_shape, 8,
+                                                      self.max_text_length)
                     encoder_word_pos_list = []
                     gsrm_word_pos_list = []
                     gsrm_slf_attn_bias1_list = []