diff --git a/maskrcnn_benchmark/engine/trainer.py b/maskrcnn_benchmark/engine/trainer.py
index 281d91339..560b63e1c 100644
--- a/maskrcnn_benchmark/engine/trainer.py
+++ b/maskrcnn_benchmark/engine/trainer.py
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ def do_train(
     start_training_time = time.time()
     end = time.time()
     for iteration, (images, targets, _) in enumerate(data_loader, start_iter):
+        
+        if any(len(target) < 1 for target in targets):
+            logger.error(f"Iteration={iteration + 1} || Image Ids used for training {_} || targets Length={[len(target) for target in targets]}" )
+            continue
         data_time = time.time() - end
         iteration = iteration + 1
         arguments["iteration"] = iteration