diff --git a/mmfewshot/classification/core/evaluation/eval_hooks.py b/mmfewshot/classification/core/evaluation/eval_hooks.py
index 877e36e..e088be5 100644
--- a/mmfewshot/classification/core/evaluation/eval_hooks.py
+++ b/mmfewshot/classification/core/evaluation/eval_hooks.py
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def before_run(self, runner: Runner) -> None:
                 warnings.warn('runner.meta is None. Creating an empty one.')
                 runner.meta = dict()
             runner.meta.setdefault('hook_msgs', dict())
+            if runner.meta['hook_msgs'].get('best_score', False):
+                self.best_score = runner.meta['hook_msgs']['best_score']
+                runner.logger.info(
+                    f'Previous best score is: {self.best_score}.')
             self.best_ckpt_path = runner.meta['hook_msgs'].get(
                 'best_ckpt', None)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_classification_runtime/test_meta_test_eval_hook.py b/tests/test_classification_runtime/test_meta_test_eval_hook.py
index c5bb8d3..c2c7039 100644
--- a/tests/test_classification_runtime/test_meta_test_eval_hook.py
+++ b/tests/test_classification_runtime/test_meta_test_eval_hook.py
@@ -171,3 +171,48 @@ def test_epoch_eval_hook():
             max_epochs=1)
         runner.register_hook(eval_hook)
         runner.run([loader], [('train', 1)], 1)
+
+
+def test_resume_eval_hook():
+    test_set_loader = DataLoader(
+        toy_meta_test_dataset(),
+        batch_size=1,
+        sampler=None,
+        num_workers=0,
+        shuffle=False)
+    query_loader = DataLoader(
+        toy_meta_test_dataset().query(),
+        batch_size=1,
+        sampler=None,
+        num_workers=0,
+        shuffle=False)
+    support_loader = DataLoader(
+        toy_meta_test_dataset().support(),
+        batch_size=1,
+        sampler=None,
+        num_workers=0,
+        shuffle=False)
+    model = ExampleModel()
+    optim_cfg = dict(type='SGD', lr=0.01, momentum=0.9, weight_decay=0.0005)
+    optimizer = obj_from_dict(optim_cfg, torch.optim,
+                              dict(params=model.parameters()))
+    test_dataset = ExampleDataset()
+    loader = DataLoader(test_dataset, batch_size=1)
+    # test EvalHook
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        eval_hook = MetaTestEvalHook(
+            support_loader,
+            query_loader,
+            test_set_loader,
+            num_test_tasks=10,
+            meta_test_cfg=dict(support={}, query={}))
+        runner = mmcv.runner.EpochBasedRunner(
+            model=model,
+            optimizer=optimizer,
+            work_dir=tmpdir,
+            logger=logging.getLogger(),
+            max_epochs=1)
+        runner.register_hook(eval_hook)
+        runner.meta = {'hook_msgs': {'best_score': 99.0}}
+        runner.run([loader], [('train', 1)], 1)
+        assert eval_hook.best_score == 99.0