diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 482e34b1..39ae5706 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.idea
 .DS_Store
 *.swp
 *.swo
diff --git a/orm/models_utils.go b/orm/models_utils.go
index 1d19a466..975210e2 100644
--- a/orm/models_utils.go
+++ b/orm/models_utils.go
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ func getFieldType(val reflect.Value) (ft int, err error) {
 	case reflect.String:
 		ft = TypeCharField
 	default:
+		if elm == nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("%s is nil pointer, may be miss setting tag", val))
+		}
 		switch elm.Interface().(type) {
 		case sql.NullInt64:
 			ft = TypeBigIntegerField