diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfig.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfig.java
index 7816487..67a8719 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfig.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfig.java
@@ -314,7 +314,10 @@ public class KylinConfig {
         if (!root.endsWith("/")) {
             root += "/";
         }
-        return root + getMetadataUrlPrefix() + "/";
+        return new StringBuffer(root)
+                     .append(org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.replaceChars(getMetadataUrlPrefix(), ':', '-'))
+                     .append("/")
+                     .toString();
     }
 
     public String getHBaseClusterFs() {