Error while splitting dataset

[FazalUrRehmanFaisal]

Hi while splitting the dataset. I got this error. Can you guide me on how to resolve this?

error Traceback (most recent call last)
in
5 test_images = [TEST_DIR+i for i in os.listdir(TEST_DIR)]
6
----> 7 train_set_x, train_set_y = prepare_data(train_images)
8 test_set_x, test_set_y = prepare_data(test_images)
9

in prepare_data(images)
8 y = np.zeros((1, m), dtype=np.uint8)
9 for i, image_file in enumerate(images):
---> 10 X[i,:] = read_image(image_file)
11 if 'dog' in image_file.lower():
12 y[0, i] = 1

in read_image(file_path)
1 def read_image(file_path):
2 img = cv2.imread(file_path, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
----> 3 return cv2.resize(img, (ROWS, COLS), interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
4
5 def prepare_data(images):

error: OpenCV(4.0.1) C:\ci\opencv-suite_1573470242804\work\modules\imgproc\src\resize.cpp:3784: error: (-215:Assertion failed) !ssize.empty() in function 'cv::resize'