diff --git a/infra/common/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/infra/hint/SQLHintUtils.java b/infra/common/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/infra/hint/SQLHintUtils.java
index 452e967ef9963..c3ca0598253e6 100644
--- a/infra/common/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/infra/hint/SQLHintUtils.java
+++ b/infra/common/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/infra/hint/SQLHintUtils.java
@@ -55,14 +55,10 @@ public final class SQLHintUtils {
      */
     public static Properties getSQLHintProps(final String comment) {
         Properties result = new Properties();
-        String lowerCaseComment = comment.toLowerCase();
-        int startIndex = lowerCaseComment.startsWith(SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN.getAlias().toLowerCase())
-                ? lowerCaseComment.indexOf(SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_HINT_TOKEN.getAlias())
-                : lowerCaseComment.indexOf(SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_HINT_TOKEN.getKey());
+        int startIndex = getStartIndex(comment, SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN, SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_HINT_TOKEN);
         if (startIndex < 0) {
             return result;
         }
-        startIndex = startIndex + SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_HINT_TOKEN.getKey().length();
         int endIndex = comment.endsWith(SQL_COMMENT_SUFFIX) ? comment.indexOf(SQL_COMMENT_SUFFIX) : comment.length();
         Collection<String> sqlHints = Splitter.on(SQL_HINT_SPLIT).trimResults().splitToList(comment.substring(startIndex, endIndex).trim());
         for (String each : sqlHints) {
@@ -74,6 +70,17 @@ public static Properties getSQLHintProps(final String comment) {
         return result;
     }
     
+    private static int getStartIndex(final String comment, final SQLHintTokenEnum sqlStartHintToken, final SQLHintTokenEnum sqlHintToken) {
+        String lowerCaseComment = comment.toLowerCase();
+        int result = lowerCaseComment.startsWith(sqlStartHintToken.getAlias().toLowerCase())
+                ? lowerCaseComment.indexOf(sqlHintToken.getAlias())
+                : lowerCaseComment.indexOf(sqlHintToken.getKey());
+        if (result >= 0) {
+            return result + sqlHintToken.getKey().length();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+    
     private static Object convert(final String value) {
         try {
             return new BigInteger(value);
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ public static Collection<String> getSplitterSQLHintValue(final String value) {
      * @return Hint value context
      */
     public static Optional<HintValueContext> extractHint(final String sql) {
-        if (!startWithHint(sql)) {
+        if (!startWithHint(sql, SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN)) {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
         HintValueContext result = new HintValueContext();
@@ -135,8 +142,8 @@ public static Optional<HintValueContext> extractHint(final String sql) {
         return Optional.of(result);
     }
     
-    private static boolean startWithHint(final String sql) {
-        return null != sql && (sql.startsWith(SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN.getKey()) || sql.startsWith(SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN.getAlias()));
+    private static boolean startWithHint(final String sql, final SQLHintTokenEnum sqlStartHintToken) {
+        return null != sql && (sql.startsWith(sqlStartHintToken.getKey()) || sql.startsWith(sqlStartHintToken.getAlias()));
     }
     
     private static boolean containsPropertyKey(final Properties hintProps, final SQLHintPropertiesKey sqlHintPropsKey) {
@@ -159,6 +166,6 @@ private static String getProperty(final Properties hintProps, final SQLHintPrope
      * @return SQL after remove hint
      */
     public static String removeHint(final String sql) {
-        return startWithHint(sql) ? sql.substring(sql.indexOf(SQL_COMMENT_SUFFIX) + 2) : sql;
+        return startWithHint(sql, SQLHintTokenEnum.SQL_START_HINT_TOKEN) ? sql.substring(sql.indexOf(SQL_COMMENT_SUFFIX) + 2) : sql;
     }
 }