diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
index e272cb8692c0..d2a2812bcd59 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
@@ -1032,10 +1032,13 @@ private <T> boolean isKeyPresentInTableCache(String keyPrefix,
    */
   private <T> boolean isKeyPresentInTable(String keyPrefix,
                                           Table<String, T> table)
-      throws IOException {
+          throws IOException {
     try (TableIterator<String, ? extends KeyValue<String, T>>
-             keyIter = table.iterator()) {
-      KeyValue<String, T> kv = keyIter.seek(keyPrefix);
+                 keyIter = table.iterator(keyPrefix)) {
+      KeyValue<String, T> kv = null;
+      if (keyIter.hasNext()) {
+        kv = keyIter.next();
+      }
 
       // Iterate through all the entries in the table which start with
       // the current bucket's prefix.