diff --git a/src/server/game/Groups/GroupMgr.cpp b/src/server/game/Groups/GroupMgr.cpp
index 72cae39ad..ddf4c802d 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Groups/GroupMgr.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Groups/GroupMgr.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void GroupMgr::LoadGroups()
         CharacterDatabase.DirectExecute("DELETE FROM `groups` WHERE leaderGuid NOT IN (SELECT guid FROM characters)");
         // Delete all groups with less than 2 members (or less than 1 for lfg groups)
         // TODO: This query is not allowed in MySQL 8.0
-        CharacterDatabase.DirectExecute("DELETE groups FROM `groups` LEFT JOIN ((SELECT guid, count(*) as cnt FROM group_member GROUP BY guid) t) ON groups.guid = t.guid WHERE t.guid IS NULL OR (t.cnt<=1 AND groups.groupType <> 12)");
+        CharacterDatabase.DirectExecute("DELETE `groups` FROM `groups` LEFT JOIN ((SELECT guid, count(*) as cnt FROM group_member GROUP BY guid) t) ON groups.guid = t.guid WHERE t.guid IS NULL OR (t.cnt<=1 AND groups.groupType <> 12)");
         // Delete invalid lfg_data
         // TODO: This query is not allowed in MySQL 8.0
         CharacterDatabase.DirectExecute("DELETE lfg_data FROM lfg_data LEFT JOIN `groups` ON lfg_data.guid = groups.guid WHERE groups.guid IS NULL OR groups.groupType <> 12");