diff --git a/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint.go b/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint.go
index 1d9f309843b88..4b397a60e5eeb 100644
--- a/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint.go
+++ b/br/pkg/checkpoint/checkpoint.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-const CheckpointDir = "/checkpoints"
+const CheckpointDir = "checkpoints"
 
 type flushPosition struct {
 	CheckpointDataDir     string