diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbOpen.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbOpen.c
index bb20a9b0121e6ca1d99cf996fed1d1c7bc3c0245..f71b5b6706ccb152f4dc221d01f4a1ea6e207c7a 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbOpen.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbOpen.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int tsdbOpen(SVnode *pVnode, STsdb **ppTsdb, const char *dir, STsdbKeepCfg *pKee
 
   pTsdb->path = (char *)&pTsdb[1];
   snprintf(pTsdb->path, TD_PATH_MAX, "%s%s%s", pVnode->path, TD_DIRSEP, dir);
-  taosRealPath(pTsdb->path, NULL, slen);
+  // taosRealPath(pTsdb->path, NULL, slen);
   pTsdb->pVnode = pVnode;
   taosThreadRwlockInit(&pTsdb->rwLock, NULL);
   if (!pKeepCfg) {
diff --git a/source/os/src/osDir.c b/source/os/src/osDir.c
index 5e85e40594a27c0b614b39864929e55977b5534c..421901184bb4bd1ae953a9941764c37605f1370a 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osDir.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osDir.c
@@ -336,12 +336,14 @@ int32_t taosRealPath(char *dirname, char *realPath, int32_t maxlen) {
 #else
   if (realpath(dirname, tmp) != NULL) {
 #endif
-    if (realPath == NULL) {
-      strncpy(dirname, tmp, maxlen);
-    } else {
-      strncpy(realPath, tmp, maxlen);
+    if (strlen(tmp) < maxlen) {
+      if (realPath == NULL) {
+        strncpy(dirname, tmp, maxlen);
+      } else {
+        strncpy(realPath, tmp, maxlen);
+      }
+      return 0;
     }
-    return 0;
   }
 
   return -1;