diff --git a/mmedit/datasets/pipelines/loading.py b/mmedit/datasets/pipelines/loading.py
index 395053066f..c7f162732c 100644
--- a/mmedit/datasets/pipelines/loading.py
+++ b/mmedit/datasets/pipelines/loading.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.kwargs = kwargs
         self.file_client = None
         self.use_cache = use_cache
-        self.cache = None
+        self.cache = dict() if use_cache else None
         self.backend = backend
 
     def __call__(self, results):
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ def __call__(self, results):
         if self.file_client is None:
             self.file_client = FileClient(self.io_backend, **self.kwargs)
         if self.use_cache:
-            if self.cache is None:
-                self.cache = dict()
             if filepath in self.cache:
                 img = self.cache[filepath]
             else:
@@ -132,6 +130,9 @@ class LoadImageFromFileList(LoadImageFromFile):
             no conversion is conducted. Default: None.
         save_original_img (bool): If True, maintain a copy of the image in
             `results` dict with name of `f'ori_{key}'`. Default: False.
+        use_cache (bool): If True, load all images at once. Default: False.
+        backend (str): The image loading backend type. Options are `cv2`,
+            `pillow`, and 'turbojpeg'. Default: None.
         kwargs (dict): Args for file client.
     """
 
@@ -160,10 +161,24 @@ def __call__(self, results):
         if self.save_original_img:
             ori_imgs = []
         for filepath in filepaths:
-            img_bytes = self.file_client.get(filepath)
-            img = mmcv.imfrombytes(
-                img_bytes, flag=self.flag,
-                channel_order=self.channel_order)  # HWC
+            if self.use_cache:
+                if filepath in self.cache:
+                    img = self.cache[filepath]
+                else:
+                    img_bytes = self.file_client.get(filepath)
+                    img = mmcv.imfrombytes(
+                        img_bytes,
+                        flag=self.flag,
+                        channel_order=self.channel_order,
+                        backend=self.backend)  # HWC
+                    self.cache[filepath] = img
+            else:
+                img_bytes = self.file_client.get(filepath)
+                img = mmcv.imfrombytes(
+                    img_bytes,
+                    flag=self.flag,
+                    channel_order=self.channel_order,
+                    backend=self.backend)  # HWC
 
             # convert to y-channel, if specified
             if self.convert_to is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_loading.py b/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_loading.py
index 07c6d5cb8f..1280889baa 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_loading.py
+++ b/tests/test_data/test_pipelines/test_loading.py
@@ -70,16 +70,22 @@ def test_load_image_from_file():
     assert id(results['ori_lq']) != id(results['lq'])
 
     # test: use_cache
-    results = dict(gt_path=path_baboon)
+    results_ori = dict(gt_path=path_baboon)
     config = dict(io_backend='disk', key='gt', use_cache=True)
     image_loader = LoadImageFromFile(**config)
-    assert image_loader.cache is None
     assert repr(image_loader) == (
         image_loader.__class__.__name__ +
         ('(io_backend=disk, key=gt, '
          'flag=color, save_original_img=False, channel_order=bgr, '
          'use_cache=True)'))
-    results = image_loader(results)
+    assert not image_loader.cache
+    results = image_loader(results_ori)
+    assert image_loader.cache is not None
+    assert str(path_baboon) in image_loader.cache
+    assert results['gt'].shape == (480, 500, 3)
+    assert results['gt_path'] == str(path_baboon)
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(results['gt'], img_baboon)
+    results = image_loader(results_ori)
     assert image_loader.cache is not None
     assert str(path_baboon) in image_loader.cache
     assert results['gt'].shape == (480, 500, 3)
@@ -188,6 +194,28 @@ def test_load_image_from_file_list():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         results = image_loader(results)
 
+    # convert to use_cache
+    results_ori = dict(gt_path=[str(path_baboon_x4), str(path_baboon)])
+    config = dict(io_backend='disk', key='gt', use_cache=True)
+    image_loader = LoadImageFromFileList(**config)
+    assert not image_loader.cache
+    assert repr(image_loader) == (
+        image_loader.__class__.__name__ +
+        ('(io_backend=disk, key=gt, '
+         'flag=color, save_original_img=False, channel_order=bgr, '
+         'use_cache=True)'))
+    results = image_loader(results_ori)
+    assert str(path_baboon) in image_loader.cache
+    assert len(results['gt']) == 2
+    assert results['gt'][1].shape == (480, 500, 3)
+    assert results['gt_path'] == [str(path_baboon_x4), str(path_baboon)]
+    results = image_loader(results_ori)
+    assert image_loader.cache is not None
+    assert str(path_baboon) in image_loader.cache
+    assert len(results['gt']) == 2
+    assert results['gt'][1].shape == (480, 500, 3)
+    assert results['gt_path'] == [str(path_baboon_x4), str(path_baboon)]
+
 
 class TestMattingLoading: