diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/input.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/input.py
index fc9c41f2859ee..0794b95c80101 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/input.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/input.py
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ def embedding(x, weight, padding_idx=None, sparse=False, name=None):
         padding_idx = -1 if padding_idx is None else padding_idx if padding_idx >= 0 else (
             weight.shape[0] + padding_idx)
 
-        if padding_idx >= weight.shape[0] or padding_idx <= -weight.shape[0]:
-            raise ValueError("padding_idx must be within [-{}, {}]".format(
+        if padding_idx >= weight.shape[0] or padding_idx < -weight.shape[0]:
+            raise ValueError("padding_idx must be within [-{}, {})".format(
                 weight.shape[0], weight.shape[0]))
 
         helper.append_op(
diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/layer/common.py b/python/paddle/nn/layer/common.py
index 37de833359554..6a3115f166db1 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/layer/common.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/layer/common.py
@@ -1673,8 +1673,8 @@ def __init__(self,
         if self._embedding_dim <= 0:
             raise ValueError("embedding_dim must be gather than 0")
 
-        if self._padding_idx >= num_embeddings or self._padding_idx <= -num_embeddings:
-            raise ValueError("padding_idx must be within [-{}, {}]".format(
+        if self._padding_idx >= num_embeddings or self._padding_idx < -num_embeddings:
+            raise ValueError("padding_idx must be within [-{}, {})".format(
                 num_embeddings, num_embeddings))
 
         self._dtype = self._helper.get_default_dtype()