diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/taosx-performance.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/taosx-performance.py
index 997c6ec096..8a9e2bbe83 100755
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/taosx-performance.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/taosx-performance.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ insertJson = '''{
           "child_table_exists": "no",
           "childtable_count": 10000,
           "childtable_prefix": "d",
-          "auto_create_table": "no",
+          "auto_create_table": "yes",
           "batch_create_tbl_num": 500,
           "data_source": "rand",
           "insert_mode": "taosc",