diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
index 585b55c39f1d3..59692ae95b63f 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
@@ -2328,7 +2328,8 @@ public static void setLongVar(Configuration conf, ConfVars var, long val) {
   public static boolean getBoolVar(Configuration conf, ConfVars var) {
     assert var.defaultVal.getClass() == Boolean.class;
     String val = conf.get(var.varname);
-    return val == null ? conf.getBoolean(var.hiveName, (Boolean)var.defaultVal) : Boolean.valueOf(val);
+    // return val == null ? conf.getBoolean(var.hiveName, (Boolean)var.defaultVal) : Boolean.valueOf(val);
+    return val == null ? false : Boolean.valueOf(val);
   }
 
   /**