diff --git a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/transforms.py b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/transforms.py
index ff3ae755515..a56ce3c362b 100644
--- a/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/transforms.py
+++ b/mmcls/datasets/pipelines/transforms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import copy
 import inspect
 import math
 import random
@@ -1117,19 +1118,23 @@ def mapper(d, keymap):
         return updated_dict
 
     def __call__(self, results):
+
+        # backup gt_label in case Albu modify it.
+        _gt_label = copy.deepcopy(results.get('gt_label', None))
+
         # dict to albumentations format
         results = self.mapper(results, self.keymap_to_albu)
 
+        # process aug
         results = self.aug(**results)
 
-        if 'gt_labels' in results:
-            if isinstance(results['gt_labels'], list):
-                results['gt_labels'] = np.array(results['gt_labels'])
-            results['gt_labels'] = results['gt_labels'].astype(np.int64)
-
         # back to the original format
         results = self.mapper(results, self.keymap_back)
 
+        if _gt_label is not None:
+            # recover backup gt_label
+            results.update({'gt_label': _gt_label})
+
         # update final shape
         if self.update_pad_shape:
             results['pad_shape'] = results['img'].shape
diff --git a/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_transform.py b/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_transform.py
index b973cc1f219..b23e84b5849 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_transform.py
+++ b/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_transform.py
@@ -1268,14 +1268,25 @@ def reset_results(results, original_img):
 def test_albu_transform():
     results = dict(
         img_prefix=osp.join(osp.dirname(__file__), '../../data'),
-        img_info=dict(filename='color.jpg'))
+        img_info=dict(filename='color.jpg'),
+        gt_label=np.array(1))
 
     # Define simple pipeline
     load = dict(type='LoadImageFromFile')
     load = build_from_cfg(load, PIPELINES)
 
     albu_transform = dict(
-        type='Albu', transforms=[dict(type='ChannelShuffle', p=1)])
+        type='Albu',
+        transforms=[
+            dict(type='ChannelShuffle', p=1),
+            dict(
+                type='ShiftScaleRotate',
+                shift_limit=0.0625,
+                scale_limit=0.0,
+                rotate_limit=0,
+                interpolation=1,
+                p=1)
+        ])
     albu_transform = build_from_cfg(albu_transform, PIPELINES)
 
     normalize = dict(type='Normalize', mean=[0] * 3, std=[0] * 3, to_rgb=True)
@@ -1287,3 +1298,4 @@ def test_albu_transform():
     results = normalize(results)
 
     assert results['img'].dtype == np.float32
+    assert results['gt_label'].shape == np.array(1).shape