diff --git a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
index a5767c799f..f504265ca6 100644
--- a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
+++ b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ db::commitlog::descriptor::descriptor(sstring filename)
         : descriptor([filename]() {
             std::smatch m;
             // match both legacy and new version of commitlogs Ex: CommitLog-12345.log and CommitLog-4-12345.log.
-                std::regex rx(FILENAME_PREFIX + "((\\d+)(" + SEPARATOR + "\\d+)?)" + FILENAME_EXTENSION);
+                std::regex rx("(?:.*/)?" + FILENAME_PREFIX + "((\\d+)(" + SEPARATOR + "\\d+)?)" + FILENAME_EXTENSION);
                 std::string sfilename = filename;
                 if (!std::regex_match(sfilename, m, rx)) {
                     throw std::runtime_error("Cannot parse the version of the file: " + filename);