diff --git a/app/models/storage/hashed_project.rb b/app/models/storage/hashed_project.rb
index 1a10e0e59a8..fae1b64961a 100644
--- a/app/models/storage/hashed_project.rb
+++ b/app/models/storage/hashed_project.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 module Storage
   class HashedProject
     attr_accessor :project
-    delegate :namespace, :gitlab_shell, :repository_storage_path, to: :project
+    delegate :gitlab_shell, :repository_storage_path, to: :project
+
+    ROOT_PATH_PREFIX = '@hashed'.freeze
 
     def initialize(project)
       @project = project
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ module Storage
     #
     # @return [String] directory where repository is stored
     def base_dir
-      "#{disk_hash[0..1]}/#{disk_hash[2..3]}" if disk_hash
+      "#{ROOT_PATH_PREFIX}/#{disk_hash[0..1]}/#{disk_hash[2..3]}" if disk_hash
     end
 
     # Disk path is used to build repository and project's wiki path on disk
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index 6b646393696..c7d2f2063af 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -2413,13 +2413,13 @@ describe Project do
 
     describe '#base_dir' do
       it 'returns base_dir based on hash of project id' do
-        expect(project.base_dir).to eq('6b/86')
+        expect(project.base_dir).to eq('@hashed/6b/86')
       end
     end
 
     describe '#disk_path' do
       it 'returns disk_path based on hash of project id' do
-        hashed_path = '6b/86/6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b'
+        hashed_path = '@hashed/6b/86/6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b'
 
         expect(project.disk_path).to eq(hashed_path)
       end
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ describe Project do
 
     describe '#ensure_storage_path_exists' do
       it 'delegates to gitlab_shell to ensure namespace is created' do
-        expect(gitlab_shell).to receive(:add_namespace).with(project.repository_storage_path, '6b/86')
+        expect(gitlab_shell).to receive(:add_namespace).with(project.repository_storage_path, '@hashed/6b/86')
 
         project.ensure_storage_path_exists
       end