diff --git a/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
index d424d903179ea..3942fc251b219 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ def create_table(
         raw_table = sg.table(temp_name, catalog=catalog, db=db, quoted=False)
         target = sge.Schema(
             this=sg.table(
-                "#" * temp + temp_name, catalog=catalog, db=db, quoted=quoted
+                "#" * bool(temp) + temp_name, catalog=catalog, db=db, quoted=quoted
             ),
             expressions=schema.to_sqlglot(self.dialect),
         )