diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/loadMetadata.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/loadMetadata.cpp
index de1ed00e74a..241385f97ec 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/loadMetadata.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/loadMetadata.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void loadMetadataSystem(Context & context)
         Poco::File(global_path + "data/" SYSTEM_DATABASE).createDirectories();
         Poco::File(global_path + "metadata/" SYSTEM_DATABASE).createDirectories();
 
-        auto system_database = std::make_shared<DatabaseOrdinary>(SYSTEM_DATABASE, global_path + "metadata/" SYSTEM_DATABASE, context);
+        auto system_database = std::make_shared<DatabaseOrdinary>(SYSTEM_DATABASE, global_path + "metadata/" SYSTEM_DATABASE "/", context);
         context.addDatabase(SYSTEM_DATABASE, system_database);
     }