1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tensorflow/cc/framework/gradient_checker.cc b/tensorflow/cc/framework/gradient_checker.cc
index a1eb0d9d08..e9f9c59e3a 100644
--- a/tensorflow/cc/framework/gradient_checker.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/cc/framework/gradient_checker.cc
@@ -351,7 +351,14 @@ Status ComputeGradientErrorInternal(const Scope& scope, const OutputList& xs,
     auto jac_n = jacobian_ns[i].matrix<JAC_T>();
     for (int r = 0; r < jacobian_ts[i].dim_size(0); ++r) {
       for (int c = 0; c < jacobian_ts[i].dim_size(1); ++c) {
-        *max_error = std::max(*max_error, std::fabs(jac_t(r, c) - jac_n(r, c)));
+        auto cur_error = std::fabs(jac_t(r, c) - jac_n(r, c));
+        // Treat any NaN as max_error and immediately return.
+        // (Note that std::max may ignore NaN arguments.)
+        if (std::isnan(cur_error)) {
+          *max_error = cur_error;
+          return Status::OK();
+        }
+        *max_error = std::max(*max_error, cur_error);
       }
     }
   }