diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/BookieRackAffinityMapping.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/BookieRackAffinityMapping.java
index 4a5ff746f4039..983822f22941b 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/BookieRackAffinityMapping.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/BookieRackAffinityMapping.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class BookieRackAffinityMapping extends AbstractDNSToSwitchMapping
     private BookiesRackConfiguration racksWithHost = new BookiesRackConfiguration();
     private Map<String, BookieInfo> bookieInfoMap = new HashMap<>();
 
-    static MetadataStore getMetadataStore(Configuration conf) throws MetadataException {
+    public static MetadataStore createMetadataStore(Configuration conf) throws MetadataException {
         MetadataStore store;
         Object storeProperty = conf.getProperty(METADATA_STORE_INSTANCE);
         if (storeProperty != null) {
@@ -116,20 +116,12 @@ public synchronized void setConf(Configuration conf) {
         super.setConf(conf);
         MetadataStore store;
         try {
-            store = getMetadataStore(conf);
-        } catch (MetadataException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(METADATA_STORE_INSTANCE + " failed to init BookieId list");
-        }
-
-        bookieMappingCache = store.getMetadataCache(BookiesRackConfiguration.class);
-        store.registerListener(this::handleUpdates);
-
-        try {
-            var racksWithHost = bookieMappingCache.get(BOOKIE_INFO_ROOT_PATH)
-                    .thenApply(optRes -> optRes.orElseGet(BookiesRackConfiguration::new))
-                    .get();
-
-            for (var bookieMapping : racksWithHost.values()) {
+            store = createMetadataStore(conf);
+            bookieMappingCache = store.getMetadataCache(BookiesRackConfiguration.class);
+            store.registerListener(this::handleUpdates);
+            racksWithHost = bookieMappingCache.get(BOOKIE_INFO_ROOT_PATH).get()
+                    .orElseGet(BookiesRackConfiguration::new);
+            for (Map<String, BookieInfo> bookieMapping : racksWithHost.values()) {
                 for (String address : bookieMapping.keySet()) {
                     bookieAddressListLastTime.add(BookieId.parse(address));
                 }
@@ -139,12 +131,10 @@ public synchronized void setConf(Configuration conf) {
                 }
             }
             updateRacksWithHost(racksWithHost);
-        } catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
-            LOG.error("Failed to update rack info. ", e);
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            watchAvailableBookies();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | MetadataException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(METADATA_STORE_INSTANCE + " failed to init BookieId list");
         }
-
-        watchAvailableBookies();
     }
 
     private void watchAvailableBookies() {
@@ -155,13 +145,13 @@ private void watchAvailableBookies() {
                 field.setAccessible(true);
                 RegistrationClient registrationClient = (RegistrationClient) field.get(bookieAddressResolver);
                 registrationClient.watchWritableBookies(versioned -> {
-                    bookieMappingCache.get(BOOKIE_INFO_ROOT_PATH)
-                            .thenApply(optRes -> optRes.orElseGet(BookiesRackConfiguration::new))
-                            .thenAccept(this::updateRacksWithHost)
-                            .exceptionally(ex -> {
-                                LOG.error("Failed to update rack info. ", ex);
-                                return null;
-                            });
+                    try {
+                        racksWithHost = bookieMappingCache.get(BOOKIE_INFO_ROOT_PATH).get()
+                                .orElseGet(BookiesRackConfiguration::new);
+                        updateRacksWithHost(racksWithHost);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+                        LOG.error("Failed to update rack info. ", e);
+                    }
                 });
             } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
                 LOG.error("Failed watch available bookies.", e);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/IsolatedBookieEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/IsolatedBookieEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
index 62b7ffa1e29da..8839e6e2d26c8 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/IsolatedBookieEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/bookie/rackawareness/IsolatedBookieEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl initialize(ClientConfiguration conf,
             StatsLogger statsLogger, BookieAddressResolver bookieAddressResolver) {
         MetadataStore store;
         try {
-            store = BookieRackAffinityMapping.getMetadataStore(conf);
+            store = BookieRackAffinityMapping.createMetadataStore(conf);
         } catch (MetadataException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(METADATA_STORE_INSTANCE + " failed initialized");
         }