diff --git a/dev/checkstyle-suppressions.xml b/dev/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
index 095e5b521c00..d48018caf879 100644
--- a/dev/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
+++ b/dev/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <suppress checks=".*"
               files="connector/spark-ganglia-lgpl/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/ganglia/GangliaReporter.java"/>
     <suppress checks=".*"
-              files="sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/api.java/*"/>
+              files="sql/core/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/api/java/*"/>
     <suppress checks="LineLength"
               files="src/test/java/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/Complex.java"/>
     <suppress checks="LineLength"