diff --git a/mindspore/dataset/engine/samplers.py b/mindspore/dataset/engine/samplers.py
index 748e20dda9..1774d26e5e 100644
--- a/mindspore/dataset/engine/samplers.py
+++ b/mindspore/dataset/engine/samplers.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ class Sampler(BuiltinSampler):
 
     # Indices fetcher
     # Do not override this method!
+    # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
     def _get_indices(self):
         sampler_iter = iter(self)
         ret = []
@@ -246,7 +247,10 @@ class Sampler(BuiltinSampler):
                 ret.append(idx)
             except StopIteration:
                 break
-        return np.array(ret)
+        indices = np.array(ret)
+        if indices.dtype == object:
+            raise RuntimeError("Fetched indices can not be converted to a valid ndarray.")
+        return indices
 
     # Instance fetcher
     # Do not override this method!