diff --git a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
index 08062b6e6ea..ddb1d738031 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ BlockIO InterpreterCreateQuery::createDatabase(ASTCreateQuery & create)
     {
         if (renamed)
         {
-            [[maybe_unused]] bool removed = fs::remove(metadata_file_tmp_path);
+            [[maybe_unused]] bool removed = fs::remove(metadata_file_path);
             assert(removed);
         }
         if (added)