diff --git a/mindspore/lite/examples/transfer_learning/src/dataset.cc b/mindspore/lite/examples/transfer_learning/src/dataset.cc
index 1a52da7f93..7a0669bb12 100644
--- a/mindspore/lite/examples/transfer_learning/src/dataset.cc
+++ b/mindspore/lite/examples/transfer_learning/src/dataset.cc
@@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ std::vector<FileTuple> DataSet::ReadDir(const std::string dpath) {
           vec.push_back(ft);
         }
       }
+      closedir(dp);
+    } else {
+      std::cerr << "open directory: " << dirname << " failed." << std::endl;
     }
-    closedir(dp);
   }
   return vec;
 }