diff --git a/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker.go b/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker.go
index 56146e2468..6ff556f22b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker.go
+++ b/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker.go
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ func (c hnswChecker) CheckTrain(params map[string]string) error {
 }
 
 func (c hnswChecker) CheckValidDataType(dType schemapb.DataType) error {
-	// TODO(SPARSE) we'll add sparse vector support in HNSW later in cardinal
-	if !typeutil.IsDenseFloatVectorType(dType) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("HNSW only support float vector data type")
+	if !typeutil.IsVectorType(dType) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't build hnsw in not vector type.")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker_test.go b/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker_test.go
index e2e374e0c9..bcb7c482a1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/indexparamcheck/hnsw_checker_test.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func Test_hnswChecker_CheckValidDataType(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			dType:    schemapb.DataType_BinaryVector,
-			errIsNil: false,
+			errIsNil: true,
 		},
 	}