The invention provides a preparing method for tiagabine hydrochloride, which includes the following operating steps: firstly, taking tiagabine ethyl ester to be dissolved in solvent, adding L-configuration organic acid, performing heating reflux until the tiagabine ethyl ester is completely dissolved, then performing reflux for 30-60 min, cooling to the room temperature, cooling and crystallizing at the temperature of minus 30 -minus 20 DEG C, and collecting a solid matter A; secondly, adding solvent in the solid matter A, performing heating reflux until the tiagabine ethyl ester is completely dissolved, then performing reflux for 30-60 min, cooling to the room temperature, cooling and crystallizing at the temperature of minus 10-0 DEG C, and collecting a solid matter B; thirdly, dissolving the solid matter B, sequentially adding sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid to react, extracting and recrystallizing, so as to obtain the tiagabine hydrochloride. The preparing method provided by the invention not only remarkably improves the productivity by 90% above, but also guarantees the 99.9% of chemical and optical purity, is simple and convenient to operate, has no special requirement for equipment, and is more suitable for large-scale industrial production.