diff --git a/apm-collector/apm-collector-cluster/collector-cluster-zookeeper-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/collector/cluster/zookeeper/ClusterZKDataMonitor.java b/apm-collector/apm-collector-cluster/collector-cluster-zookeeper-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/collector/cluster/zookeeper/ClusterZKDataMonitor.java
index eb51be648d46ce090e26c731600402a6a5972049..4def6a81b79c16e08a2d6e40483edc2382b9e787 100644
--- a/apm-collector/apm-collector-cluster/collector-cluster-zookeeper-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/collector/cluster/zookeeper/ClusterZKDataMonitor.java
+++ b/apm-collector/apm-collector-cluster/collector-cluster-zookeeper-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/collector/cluster/zookeeper/ClusterZKDataMonitor.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.skywalking.apm.collector.cluster.DataMonitor;
 import org.apache.skywalking.apm.collector.cluster.ModuleRegistration;
 import org.apache.skywalking.apm.collector.core.CollectorException;
 import org.apache.skywalking.apm.collector.core.util.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.skywalking.apm.util.StringUtil;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.CreateMode;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.WatchedEvent;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher;
@@ -165,7 +166,11 @@ public class ClusterZKDataMonitor implements DataMonitor, Watcher {
     }
 
     @Override public String getBaseCatalog() {
-        return "/" + namespace + "/skywalking";
+        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(namespace)) {
+            return "/skywalking";
+        } else {
+            return "/" + namespace + "/skywalking";
+        }
     }
 
     void setNamespace(String namespace) {