diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
index f6fe1a2f8de4d..56aeb9b4a5eb3 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
@@ -911,9 +911,11 @@ private CompletableFuture<Consumer> internalSubscribe(final TransportCnx cnx, St
         }
 
         return brokerService.checkTopicNsOwnership(getName()).thenCompose(__ -> {
-            if (replicatedSubscriptionStateArg != null && replicatedSubscriptionStateArg
+            Boolean replicatedSubscriptionState = replicatedSubscriptionStateArg;
+            if (replicatedSubscriptionState != null && replicatedSubscriptionState
                     && !brokerService.pulsar().getConfiguration().isEnableReplicatedSubscriptions()) {
                 log.warn("[{}] Replicated Subscription is disabled by broker.", getName());
+                replicatedSubscriptionState = false;
             }
 
             if (subType == SubType.Key_Shared
@@ -982,7 +984,7 @@ private CompletableFuture<Consumer> internalSubscribe(final TransportCnx cnx, St
 
             CompletableFuture<? extends Subscription> subscriptionFuture = isDurable
                     ? getDurableSubscription(subscriptionName, initialPosition, startMessageRollbackDurationSec,
-                    replicatedSubscriptionStateArg, subscriptionProperties)
+                    replicatedSubscriptionState, subscriptionProperties)
                     : getNonDurableSubscription(subscriptionName, startMessageId, initialPosition,
                     startMessageRollbackDurationSec, readCompacted, subscriptionProperties);
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/EnableReplicatedSubscriptionsIsDisabledTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/EnableReplicatedSubscriptionsIsDisabledTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d002261cee4a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/EnableReplicatedSubscriptionsIsDisabledTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * 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 static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import lombok.Cleanup;
+import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.Subscription;
+import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.Topic;
+import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentSubscription;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.TopicName;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Test(groups = "broker-api")
+public class EnableReplicatedSubscriptionsIsDisabledTest extends ProducerConsumerBase {
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    @Override
+    protected void setup() throws Exception {
+        super.internalSetup();
+        super.producerBaseSetup();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doInitConf() throws Exception {
+        super.doInitConf();
+        conf.setEnableReplicatedSubscriptions(false);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
+    @Override
+    protected void cleanup() throws Exception {
+        super.internalCleanup();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReplicateSubscriptionStateIsEnabled() throws Exception {
+        String topicName = TopicName.get("my-property/my-ns/testReplicateSubscriptionStateIsEnabled").toString();
+        String subName = "my-subscription";
+        @Cleanup
+        Consumer<byte[]> consumer = pulsarClient.newConsumer(Schema.BYTES)
+                .topic(topicName)
+                .subscriptionName(subName)
+                .replicateSubscriptionState(true)
+                .subscribe();
+        CompletableFuture<Optional<Topic>> topicIfExists = pulsar.getBrokerService().getTopicIfExists(topicName);
+        assertThat(topicIfExists)
+                .succeedsWithin(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .matches(optionalTopic -> {
+                    assertTrue(optionalTopic.isPresent());
+                    Topic topicRef = optionalTopic.get();
+                    Subscription subscription = topicRef.getSubscription(subName);
+                    assertNotNull(subscription);
+                    assertTrue(subscription instanceof PersistentSubscription);
+                    PersistentSubscription persistentSubscription = (PersistentSubscription) subscription;
+                    assertEquals(persistentSubscription.getReplicatedControlled(), Boolean.FALSE);
+                    return true;
+                });
+    }
+}