diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c b/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
index 1a1ff878a5e58982c5e720140b0c74c83e0db3e5..e100fc127bf955e065dd0908d99f4a6dbe246f1b 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
@@ -2224,16 +2224,20 @@ void mnodeDropAllChildTablesInVgroups(SVgObj *pVgroup) {
 void mnodeDropAllChildTables(SDbObj *pDropDb) {
   void *  pIter = NULL;
   int32_t numOfTables = 0;
-  int32_t dbNameLen = strlen(pDropDb->name);
   SChildTableObj *pTable = NULL;
 
+  char prefix[64] = {0};
+  tstrncpy(prefix, pDropDb->name, 64);
+  strcat(prefix, TS_PATH_DELIMITER);
+  int32_t prefixLen = strlen(prefix);
+
   mInfo("db:%s, all child tables will be dropped from sdb", pDropDb->name);
 
   while (1) {
     pIter = mnodeGetNextChildTable(pIter, &pTable);
     if (pTable == NULL) break;
 
-    if (strncmp(pDropDb->name, pTable->info.tableId, dbNameLen) == 0) {
+    if (strncmp(prefix, pTable->info.tableId, prefixLen) == 0) {
       SSdbOper oper = {
         .type = SDB_OPER_LOCAL,
         .table = tsChildTableSdb,