diff --git a/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp b/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
index 7aee1eea8b6..87c3f8d6f1d 100644
--- a/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void AddVerticesProcessor::doProcess(const cpp2::AddVerticesRequest& req) {
         code = nebula::cpp2::ErrorCode::E_INVALID_VID;
         break;
       }
-      data.emplace_back(NebulaKeyUtils::tagKey(spaceVidLen_, partId, vid), "");
+      data.emplace_back(NebulaKeyUtils::vertexKey(spaceVidLen_, partId, vid), "");
       for (auto& newTag : newTags) {
         auto tagId = newTag.get_tag_id();
         VLOG(3) << "PartitionID: " << partId << ", VertexID: " << vid << ", TagID: " << tagId;