diff --git a/lib/ClientImpl.cc b/lib/ClientImpl.cc
index e7b6aa4b..c94434eb 100644
--- a/lib/ClientImpl.cc
+++ b/lib/ClientImpl.cc
@@ -506,7 +506,14 @@ void ClientImpl::handleConsumerCreated(Result result, ConsumerImplBaseWeakPtr co
         }
         callback(result, Consumer(consumer));
     } else {
-        callback(result, {});
+        // In order to be compatible with the current broker error code confusion.
+        // https://github.com/apache/pulsar/blob/cd2aa550d0fe4e72b5ff88c4f6c1c2795b3ff2cd/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerServiceException.java#L240-L241
+        if (result == ResultProducerBusy) {
+            LOG_ERROR("Failed to create consumer: SubscriptionName cannot be empty.");
+            callback(ResultInvalidConfiguration, {});
+        } else {
+            callback(result, {});
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ConsumerTest.cc b/tests/ConsumerTest.cc
index 9f28dfbc..98c11cf3 100644
--- a/tests/ConsumerTest.cc
+++ b/tests/ConsumerTest.cc
@@ -1311,4 +1311,14 @@ TEST(ConsumerTest, testNegativeAckDeadlock) {
     client.close();
 }
 
+TEST(ConsumerTest, testNotSetSubscriptionName) {
+    const std::string topic = "test-not-set-sub-name";
+    Client client{lookupUrl};
+    ConsumerConfiguration conf;
+    Consumer consumer;
+    ASSERT_EQ(ResultInvalidConfiguration, client.subscribe(topic, "", conf, consumer));
+
+    client.close();
+}
+
 }  // namespace pulsar