Unable to create hive table using HiveContext

[Soni spark]

Hi friends,

I am trying to create hive table through spark with Java code in Eclipse
using below code.

HiveContext sqlContext = new org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext(sc.sc());
   sqlContext.sql("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS src (key INT, value STRING)");


but i am getting error

RROR XBM0J: Directory /home/workspace4/Test/metastore_db already exists.

I am not sure why metastore creating in workspace. Please help me.

Thanks
Soniya