diff --git a/src/daemons/StorageDaemon.cpp b/src/daemons/StorageDaemon.cpp
index 1155b9175d6..aeb4c7e9bf1 100644
--- a/src/daemons/StorageDaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemons/StorageDaemon.cpp
@@ -154,21 +154,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     auto ioThreadPool = std::make_shared<folly::IOThreadPoolExecutor>(FLAGS_num_io_threads);
 
     // Meta client
-    auto metaClient = std::make_unique<nebula::meta::MetaClient>(ioThreadPool,
-                                                                 std::move(metaAddrsRet.value()),
-                                                                 true);
+    auto metaClient = new nebula::meta::MetaClient(
+        ioThreadPool, std::move(metaAddrsRet.value()), true);
     metaClient->init();
 
     LOG(INFO) << "Init schema manager";
     auto schemaMan = nebula::meta::SchemaManager::create();
-    schemaMan->init(metaClient.get());
+    schemaMan->init(metaClient);
 
     LOG(INFO) << "Init kvstore";
     std::unique_ptr<KVStore> kvstore = getStoreInstance(localhost,
                                                         std::move(paths),
                                                         ioThreadPool,
                                                         workers,
-                                                        metaClient.get(),
+                                                        metaClient,
                                                         schemaMan.get());
 
     LOG(INFO) << "Starting Storage HTTP Service";
@@ -200,10 +199,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         gServer->setIOThreadPool(ioThreadPool);
         gServer->serve();  // Will wait until the server shuts down
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        delete metaClient;
         LOG(ERROR) << "Start thrift server failed, error:" << e.what();
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
+    delete metaClient;
     LOG(INFO) << "The storage Daemon stopped";
 }