Embodiments of the present invention pertain to the communication field and disclose a method and device for selecting a serving gateway entity. The method includes: receiving an access request message of a user equipment UE sent by a base station, where the access request message includes location information of the base station; acquiring, according to the location information of the base station, a signaling plane address list of serving gateway entities SGWs serving the UE; and selecting, according to failure information of paths between the SGWs and neighboring network elements of the SGWs and the acquired signaling plane address list of SGWs serving the UE, an SGW having no failed path to a neighboring network element of the SGW to serve the UE. The device includes: a receiving module, an acquiring module, and a selecting module.