diff --git a/mindspore/ops/_grad/grad_array_ops.py b/mindspore/ops/_grad/grad_array_ops.py
index 4ef13eec44..123ce3fd63 100644
--- a/mindspore/ops/_grad/grad_array_ops.py
+++ b/mindspore/ops/_grad/grad_array_ops.py
@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ def get_bprop_sparse_gather_v2(self):
         x_shp = shape_op(x)
         if axis == 0:
             indices_size = (size_op(indices),)
-            x_tail_shp = x_shp[1:]
+            if len(x_shp) <= 1:
+                x_tail_shp = ()
+            else:
+                x_tail_shp = x_shp[1:]
             values_shape = indices_size + x_tail_shp
             values = reshape(dout, values_shape)
             indices_new = reshape(indices, indices_size)