diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/RestoreSnapshotHelper.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/RestoreSnapshotHelper.java
index 4ff89857d2c..17dd8c2cdc6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/RestoreSnapshotHelper.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/RestoreSnapshotHelper.java
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ public class RestoreSnapshotHelper {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Filesystems for restore directory and HBase root directory " +
           "should be the same");
     }
-    if (restoreDir.toUri().getPath().startsWith(rootDir.toUri().getPath())) {
+    if (restoreDir.toUri().getPath().startsWith(rootDir.toUri().getPath() +"/")) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Restore directory cannot be a sub directory of HBase " +
           "root directory. RootDir: " + rootDir + ", restoreDir: " + restoreDir);
     }