diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alipay/oceanbase/hbase/util/OHAdmin.java b/src/main/java/com/alipay/oceanbase/hbase/util/OHAdmin.java
index 5cb7d92c..e6fab736 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alipay/oceanbase/hbase/util/OHAdmin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alipay/oceanbase/hbase/util/OHAdmin.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public boolean tableExists(TableName tableName) throws IOException {
                 int errCode = ((ObTableException) cause).getErrorCode();
                 // if the original cause is database_not_exist, means namespace in tableName does not exist
                 // for HBase, namespace not exist will not throw exceptions but will return false
-                if (errCode == ResultCodes.OB_ERR_BAD_DATABASE.errorCode) {
+                if (errCode == ResultCodes.OB_KV_HBASE_NAMESPACE_NOT_FOUND.errorCode) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }