diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/utils/HoodieInputFormatUtils.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/utils/HoodieInputFormatUtils.java
index f95ca6f4c..7467628e0 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/utils/HoodieInputFormatUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/utils/HoodieInputFormatUtils.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class HoodieInputFormatUtils {
            * those partitions.
            */
           for (Path path : inputPaths) {
-            if (path.toString().contains(s)) {
+            if (path.toString().endsWith(s)) {
               return true;
             }
           }
diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/TestHoodieParquetInputFormat.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/TestHoodieParquetInputFormat.java
index cb59db978..fb095fb2d 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/TestHoodieParquetInputFormat.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/TestHoodieParquetInputFormat.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -241,6 +242,38 @@ public class TestHoodieParquetInputFormat {
         "We should exclude commit 100 when returning incremental pull with start commit time as 100");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testMultiPartitionTableIncremental() throws IOException {
+    // initial commit
+    java.nio.file.Path tablePath = Paths.get(basePath.toString(), "raw_trips");
+
+    // create hudi table and insert data to it
+    // create only one file
+    File partitionDir1 = InputFormatTestUtil
+        .prepareMultiPartitionTable(basePath, baseFileFormat, 1, "100", "1");
+    createCommitFile(basePath, "100", "2016/05/1");
+
+    // insert new data to partition "2016/05/11"
+    // create only one file
+    File partitionDir2 = InputFormatTestUtil
+        .prepareMultiPartitionTable(basePath, baseFileFormat, 1, "100", "11");
+    createCommitFile(basePath, "101", "2016/05/11");
+
+
+    // now partitionDir2.getPath().contain(partitionDir1.getPath()), and hudi-1817 will occur
+    assertEquals(true, partitionDir2.getPath().contains(partitionDir1.getPath()));
+
+    // set partitionDir2 to be the inputPaths of current inputFormat
+    FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(jobConf, partitionDir2.getPath());
+
+    // set incremental startCommit=0 and numberOfCommitsToPull=3  to pull all the data from hudi table
+    InputFormatTestUtil.setupIncremental(jobConf, "0", 3);
+
+    FileStatus[] files = inputFormat.listStatus(jobConf);
+    assertEquals(1, files.length,
+        "We should get one file from partition: " + partitionDir2.getPath());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testIncrementalEmptyPartitions() throws IOException {
     // initial commit
diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/testutils/InputFormatTestUtil.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/testutils/InputFormatTestUtil.java
index 7a6332eb3..5d3c4469b 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/testutils/InputFormatTestUtil.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/testutils/InputFormatTestUtil.java
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ public class InputFormatTestUtil {
         commitNumber);
   }
 
+  public static File prepareMultiPartitionTable(java.nio.file.Path basePath, HoodieFileFormat baseFileFormat, int numberOfFiles,
+                                  String commitNumber, String finalLevelPartitionName)
+      throws IOException {
+    HoodieTestUtils.init(HoodieTestUtils.getDefaultHadoopConf(), basePath.toString(), HoodieTableType.COPY_ON_WRITE,
+        baseFileFormat);
+    java.nio.file.Path partitionPath = basePath.resolve(Paths.get("2016", "05", finalLevelPartitionName));
+    Files.createDirectories(partitionPath);
+    return simulateInserts(partitionPath.toFile(), baseFileFormat.getFileExtension(), "fileId1" + finalLevelPartitionName, numberOfFiles,
+        commitNumber);
+  }
+
   public static File simulateInserts(File partitionPath, String baseFileExtension, String fileId, int numberOfFiles,
                                      String commitNumber)
       throws IOException {