diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
index 89004b888ba411..c52258fe1cc1b7 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ protected void internalCreateSubscription(AsyncResponse asyncResponse, String su
                         .thenCompose(allowAutoTopicCreation -> getPartitionedTopicMetadataAsync(topicName,
                                 authoritative, allowAutoTopicCreation).thenAccept(partitionMetadata -> {
                             final int numPartitions = partitionMetadata.partitions;
-                            if (numPartitions > 0) {
+                            if (partitionMetadata.partitions > 0 && !isUnexpectedTopicName(partitionMetadata)) {
                                 final CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
                                 final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger(numPartitions);
                                 final AtomicInteger failureCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..96f57a59bda13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pulsar.client.api;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.TopicName;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.TopicType;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Test(groups = "broker")
+public class TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest extends ProducerConsumerBase {
+
+    @BeforeMethod(alwaysRun = true)
+    @Override
+    protected void setup() throws Exception {
+        super.internalSetup();
+        super.producerBaseSetup();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doInitConf() throws Exception {
+        super.doInitConf();
+        conf.setAllowAutoTopicCreationType(TopicType.PARTITIONED);
+        conf.setDefaultNumPartitions(1);
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod(alwaysRun = true)
+    @Override
+    protected void cleanup() throws Exception {
+        super.internalCleanup();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInfiniteHttpCallGetOrCreateSubscriptions() throws Exception {
+        final String randomStr = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replaceAll("-", "");
+        final String partitionedTopicName = "persistent://my-property/my-ns/tp1_" + randomStr;
+        final String topic_p0 = partitionedTopicName + TopicName.PARTITIONED_TOPIC_SUFFIX + "0";
+        final String subscriptionName = "sub1";
+        final String topicDLQ = topic_p0 + "-" + subscriptionName + "-DLQ";
+
+        admin.topics().createPartitionedTopic(partitionedTopicName, 2);
+
+        // Do test.
+        ProducerAndConsumerEntry pcEntry = triggerDLQCreated(topic_p0, topicDLQ, subscriptionName);
+        admin.topics().getSubscriptions(topicDLQ);
+        admin.topics().createSubscription(topicDLQ, "s1", MessageId.earliest);
+
+        // cleanup.
+        pcEntry.consumer.close();
+        pcEntry.producer.close();
+        admin.topics().deletePartitionedTopic(partitionedTopicName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInfiniteHttpCallGetOrCreateSubscriptions2() throws Exception {
+        final String randomStr = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replaceAll("-", "");
+        final String topicName = "persistent://my-property/my-ns/tp1_" + randomStr + "-partition-0-abc";
+        Producer<String> producer = pulsarClient.newProducer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .create();
+
+        // Do test.
+        admin.topics().getSubscriptions(topicName);
+        admin.topics().createSubscription(topicName, "s1", MessageId.earliest);
+
+        // cleanup.
+        producer.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInfiniteHttpCallGetOrCreateSubscriptions3() throws Exception {
+        final String randomStr = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replaceAll("-", "");
+        final String topicName = "persistent://my-property/my-ns/tp1_" + randomStr + "-partition-0";
+        Producer<String> producer = pulsarClient.newProducer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .create();
+
+        // Do test.
+        admin.topics().getSubscriptions(topicName);
+        admin.topics().createSubscription(topicName, "s1", MessageId.earliest);
+
+        // cleanup.
+        producer.close();
+    }
+
+    @AllArgsConstructor
+    private static class ProducerAndConsumerEntry {
+        private Producer<String> producer;
+        private Consumer<String> consumer;
+    }
+
+    private ProducerAndConsumerEntry triggerDLQCreated(String topicName, String DLQName, String subscriptionName) throws Exception {
+        Consumer<String> consumer = pulsarClient.newConsumer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .subscriptionName(subscriptionName)
+                .subscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Shared)
+                .enableRetry(true)
+                .deadLetterPolicy(DeadLetterPolicy.builder().deadLetterTopic(DLQName).maxRedeliverCount(2).build())
+                .receiverQueueSize(100)
+                .subscriptionInitialPosition(SubscriptionInitialPosition.Earliest)
+                .subscribe();
+        Producer<String> producer = pulsarClient.newProducer(Schema.STRING)
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .create();
+        // send messages.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            producer.newMessage()
+                    .value("value-" + i)
+                    .sendAsync();
+        }
+        producer.flush();
+        // trigger the DLQ created.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+            Message<String> msg = consumer.receive(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            if (msg != null) {
+                consumer.reconsumeLater(msg, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new ProducerAndConsumerEntry(producer, consumer);
+    }
+}
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