diff --git a/src/rootserver/ob_ddl_service.cpp b/src/rootserver/ob_ddl_service.cpp
index cf304c6cc..8730987a3 100755
--- a/src/rootserver/ob_ddl_service.cpp
+++ b/src/rootserver/ob_ddl_service.cpp
@@ -23186,7 +23186,7 @@ int ObDDLService::create_tenant_sys_ls(
         LOG_WARN("fail to wait election leader", KR(ret), K(tenant_id), K(SYS_LS), K(timeout));
       }
       int64_t wait_leader_end = ObTimeUtility::current_time();
-      wait_leader = wait_leader_end - wait_leader_end;
+      wait_leader = wait_leader_end - wait_leader_start;
     }
   }
   if (is_meta_tenant(tenant_id)) {