diff --git a/distributedlog-core/src/main/java/org/apache/distributedlog/util/DLUtils.java b/distributedlog-core/src/main/java/org/apache/distributedlog/util/DLUtils.java
index 833c9f3..a0083b2 100644
--- a/distributedlog-core/src/main/java/org/apache/distributedlog/util/DLUtils.java
+++ b/distributedlog-core/src/main/java/org/apache/distributedlog/util/DLUtils.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
      * @return true if it is reserved name, otherwise false.
      */
     public static boolean isReservedStreamName(String name) {
-        return name.startsWith(".");
+        return name.startsWith(".") || name.startsWith("<");
     }
 
     /**