diff --git a/PaddleCV/human_pose_estimation/lib/mpii_reader.py b/PaddleCV/human_pose_estimation/lib/mpii_reader.py
index 41ea25ed252155913ca52523c3e78c46199a34bb..5f2620760a8ce8ebc33d21ad8abeea4ed59dd696 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/human_pose_estimation/lib/mpii_reader.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/human_pose_estimation/lib/mpii_reader.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def _reader_creator(root, image_set, shuffle=False, is_train=False):
                         test_mode=False,
                         imagenum=0)
         else:
-            fold = 'test'
+            fold = os.path.join(cfg.DATAROOT, cfg.IMAGEDIR, 'test')
             for img_name in os.listdir(fold):
                 yield dict(image=os.path.join(fold, img_name),
                            filename=img_name)