diff --git a/admin-cli/client/meta.go b/admin-cli/client/meta.go
index 0579da7626..e4b680f138 100644
--- a/admin-cli/client/meta.go
+++ b/admin-cli/client/meta.go
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@ func (m *rpcBasedMeta) StartBackupApp(tableID int, providerType string, backupPa
 	req := &admin.StartBackupAppRequest{
 		BackupProviderType: providerType,
 		AppID:              int32(tableID),
-		BackupPath:         &backupPath,
+	}
+	if backupPath != "" {
+		req.BackupPath = &backupPath
 	}
 	var result *admin.StartBackupAppResponse
 	err := m.callMeta("StartBackupApp", req, func(resp interface{}) {
diff --git a/admin-cli/go.sum b/admin-cli/go.sum
index ecfba901ef..823378be52 100644
--- a/admin-cli/go.sum
+++ b/admin-cli/go.sum
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRF
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 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
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-github.com/apache/incubator-pegasus/go-client v0.0.0-20220526071020-be5634371701 h1:J9d8jaC0rKlnf8iQuImyBiDrZnl794JlGMXX8DhMNrs=
 github.com/apache/incubator-pegasus/go-client v0.0.0-20220526071020-be5634371701/go.mod h1:vOnSzVwVYmatouq8qEBX+yWV4AvoCTLRpQn6JA+qojs=
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 github.com/apache/incubator-pegasus/go-client v0.0.0-20220617101220-e49a69d25a52/go.mod h1:vOnSzVwVYmatouq8qEBX+yWV4AvoCTLRpQn6JA+qojs=