diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueContainerCheck.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueContainerCheck.java
index 373408bc6c..ebbd4e01d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueContainerCheck.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueContainerCheck.java
@@ -279,9 +279,8 @@ private void iterateBlockDB(ReferenceCountedDB db)
   }
 
   private void loadContainerData() throws IOException {
-
     File containerFile = KeyValueContainer
-        .getContainerFile(metadataPath.toString(), containerID);
+        .getContainerFile(metadataPath, containerID);
 
     onDiskContainerData = (KeyValueContainerData) ContainerDataYaml
         .readContainerFile(containerFile);