diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
index 4ce483c8ef705..8c03f432fba84 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ private CompletableFuture<Optional<TopicPolicies>> getTopicPoliciesBypassSystemT
         final ServiceConfiguration serviceConfiguration = pulsar.getConfiguration();
         if (serviceConfiguration.isSystemTopicEnabled() && serviceConfiguration.isTopicLevelPoliciesEnabled()
                 && !NamespaceService.isSystemServiceNamespace(topicName.getNamespace())
-                && !SystemTopicNames.isTopicPoliciesSystemTopic(topicName.toString())) {
+                && !EventsTopicNames.isTopicPoliciesSystemTopic(topicName.toString())) {
             return pulsar.getTopicPoliciesService().getTopicPoliciesAsync(topicName);
         } else {
             return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Optional.empty());