diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/FirestoreImpl.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/FirestoreImpl.java
index 54d479fbda22..726cd4f6f605 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/FirestoreImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/FirestoreImpl.java
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ boolean areTimestampsInSnapshotsEnabled() {
 
   /** Returns the name of the Firestore project associated with this client. */
   String getDatabaseName() {
-    return databasePath.toString();
+    return databasePath.getDatabaseName().toString();
   }
 
   /** Returns the underlying RPC client. */
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/ResourcePath.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/ResourcePath.java
index 0633d938866a..6f6be76a9829 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/ResourcePath.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/ResourcePath.java
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ String getPath() {
    */
   String getName() {
     String path = getPath();
-
     if (path.isEmpty()) {
-      return getDatabaseName().toString();
+      return getDatabaseName() + "/documents";
     } else {
       return getDatabaseName() + "/documents/" + getPath();
     }
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/LocalFirestoreHelper.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/LocalFirestoreHelper.java
index 8876fa83cf64..fe740c7cc476 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/LocalFirestoreHelper.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/LocalFirestoreHelper.java
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public static RunQueryRequest query(StructuredQuery... query) {
   public static RunQueryRequest query(
       @Nullable ByteString transactionId, StructuredQuery... query) {
     RunQueryRequest.Builder request = RunQueryRequest.newBuilder();
-    request.setParent(LocalFirestoreHelper.DATABASE_NAME);
+    request.setParent(LocalFirestoreHelper.DATABASE_NAME + "/documents");
     StructuredQuery.Builder structuredQuery = request.getStructuredQueryBuilder();
     structuredQuery.addFrom(
         StructuredQuery.CollectionSelector.newBuilder().setCollectionId("coll"));