The invention belongs to the technical field of detection of argininosuccinic acid lyase, and discloses a reagent for detecting argininosuccinic acid lyase in serum and a preparation method thereof. The reagent consists of R1 and R2, wherein R1 consists of a buffer solution, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, fumarase, malic dehydrogenase, an enzyme protective agent, a preservative, a surfactant and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and R2 consists of a buffer solution, disodium arginine succinate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and hydrazine sulfate. The method comprises: adding 10ul of a sample, adding 200ul of R1, mixing the sample and R1 uniformly, and carrying out incubation at 37 DEG C for 2-3min; and adding 50ul of R2, mixing the components uniformly, carrying out incubation at 37 DEG C for 1 min, then continuously measuring the absorbance in 3min, and calculating an absorbance change rate. According to the invention, fumarase, another product generated by catalyzing argininosuccinic acid by ASAL, is detected, and the amount of ASAL is detected by a full-automatic biochemical instrument by utilizing the characteristic that NAD+ has an absorption peak at a 340nm position.