diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mnodeMain.c b/src/mnode/src/mnodeMain.c
index 84aab70117..d63a575868 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeMain.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void mnodeCleanupTimer() {
 static bool mnodeNeedStart() {
   struct stat dirstat;
   char mnodeFileName[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN * 2] = {0};
-  sprintf(mnodeFileName, "%s/wal0", tsMnodeDir);
+  sprintf(mnodeFileName, "%s/wal/wal0", tsMnodeDir);
 
   bool fileExist = (stat(mnodeFileName, &dirstat) == 0);
   bool asMaster = (strcmp(tsFirst, tsLocalEp) == 0);
diff --git a/tests/script/unique/mnode/testSuite.sim b/tests/script/unique/mnode/testSuite.sim
index 33df24b860..b9adbe06a2 100644
--- a/tests/script/unique/mnode/testSuite.sim
+++ b/tests/script/unique/mnode/testSuite.sim
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+run unique/mnode/mgmt21.sim
 run unique/mnode/mgmt22.sim
 run unique/mnode/mgmt23.sim
 run unique/mnode/mgmt24.sim