diff --git a/lib/trino-filesystem-azure/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/azure/AzureFileSystem.java b/lib/trino-filesystem-azure/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/azure/AzureFileSystem.java
index 50c3cc3f8886..35a88b66d3a8 100644
--- a/lib/trino-filesystem-azure/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/azure/AzureFileSystem.java
+++ b/lib/trino-filesystem-azure/src/main/java/io/trino/filesystem/azure/AzureFileSystem.java
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ private boolean isHierarchicalNamespaceEnabled(AzureLocation location)
     {
         try {
             BlockBlobClient blockBlobClient = createBlobContainerClient(location, Optional.empty())
-                    .getBlobClient("/")
+                    .getBlobClient(location.directoryPath())
                     .getBlockBlobClient();
             return blockBlobClient.exists();
         }