diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java
index 80027db44a6..8e49b5f9397 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/block/BlockManagerImpl.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.Mapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.node.NodeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.utils.OzoneUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.AllocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
@@ -100,12 +100,8 @@ public BlockManagerImpl(final Configuration conf,
     this.nodeManager = nodeManager;
     this.containerManager = containerManager;
     this.cacheSize = cacheSizeMB;
-    String scmMetaDataDir = conf.get(OzoneConfigKeys
-        .OZONE_CONTAINER_METADATA_DIRS);
-    if ((scmMetaDataDir == null) || (scmMetaDataDir.isEmpty())) {
-      throw
-          new IllegalArgumentException("SCM metadata directory is not valid.");
-    }
+    File metaDir = OzoneUtils.getScmMetadirPath(conf);
+    String scmMetaDataDir = metaDir.getPath();
     Options options = new Options();
     options.cacheSize(this.cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
index 95fd9fe15d6..2b572494cac 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.placement.algorithms.ContainerPlacementPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.container.placement.algorithms.SCMContainerPlacementRandom;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.node.NodeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.utils.OzoneUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.client.ScmClient;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
@@ -80,13 +80,8 @@ public ContainerMapping(final Configuration conf,
     this.nodeManager = nodeManager;
     this.cacheSize = cacheSizeMB;
 
-    // TODO: Fix this checking.
-    String scmMetaDataDir = conf.get(OzoneConfigKeys
-        .OZONE_CONTAINER_METADATA_DIRS);
-    if ((scmMetaDataDir == null) || (scmMetaDataDir.isEmpty())) {
-      throw
-          new IllegalArgumentException("SCM metadata directory is not valid.");
-    }
+    File metaDir = OzoneUtils.getScmMetadirPath(conf);
+    String scmMetaDataDir = metaDir.getParent();
     Options options = new Options();
     options.cacheSize(this.cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/SCMNodePoolManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/SCMNodePoolManager.java
index 3ec5c1c86d7..9c1821fdb75 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/SCMNodePoolManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/SCMNodePoolManager.java
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.exceptions.SCMException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.utils.OzoneUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.utils.LevelDBStore;
 import org.iq80.leveldb.DBIterator;
 import org.iq80.leveldb.Options;
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ public SCMNodePoolManager(final OzoneConfiguration conf)
       throws IOException {
     final int cacheSize = conf.getInt(OZONE_SCM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_MB,
         OZONE_SCM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
-    String scmMetaDataDir = conf.get(OzoneConfigKeys
-        .OZONE_CONTAINER_METADATA_DIRS);
-    if (scmMetaDataDir == null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("SCM metadata directory is invalid.");
-    }
+    File metaDir = OzoneUtils.getScmMetadirPath(conf);
+    String scmMetaDataDir = metaDir.getPath();
     Options options = new Options();
     options.cacheSize(cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);