diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/SystemTopicBasedTopicPoliciesService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/SystemTopicBasedTopicPoliciesService.java
index cc3938491e637..5488d5563f607 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/SystemTopicBasedTopicPoliciesService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/SystemTopicBasedTopicPoliciesService.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentInitializer;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.LazyInitializer;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.PulsarServerException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.PulsarService;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.namespace.NamespaceBundleOwnershipListener;
@@ -267,37 +270,33 @@ public CompletableFuture<Optional<TopicPolicies>> getTopicPoliciesAsync(TopicNam
             return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Optional.empty());
         }
         final CompletableFuture<Boolean> preparedFuture = prepareInitPoliciesCacheAsync(topicName.getNamespaceObject());
-        final var resultFuture = new CompletableFuture<Optional<TopicPolicies>>();
-        preparedFuture.thenAccept(inserted -> policyCacheInitMap.compute(namespace, (___, existingFuture) -> {
-            if (!inserted || existingFuture != null) {
-                final var partitionedTopicName = TopicName.get(topicName.getPartitionedTopicName());
-                final var policies = Optional.ofNullable(switch (type) {
-                    case DEFAULT -> Optional.ofNullable(policiesCache.get(partitionedTopicName))
-                            .orElseGet(() -> globalPoliciesCache.get(partitionedTopicName));
-                    case GLOBAL_ONLY -> globalPoliciesCache.get(partitionedTopicName);
-                    case LOCAL_ONLY -> policiesCache.get(partitionedTopicName);
-                });
-                resultFuture.complete(policies);
-            } else {
-                CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
-                    log.info("The future of {} has been removed from cache, retry getTopicPolicies again", namespace);
-                    // Call it in another thread to avoid recursive update because getTopicPoliciesAsync() could call
-                    // policyCacheInitMap.computeIfAbsent()
-                    getTopicPoliciesAsync(topicName, type).whenComplete((result, e) -> {
-                        if (e == null) {
-                            resultFuture.complete(result);
-                        } else {
-                            resultFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
-                        }
+        // switch thread to avoid potential metadata thread cost and recursive deadlock
+        return preparedFuture.thenComposeAsync(inserted -> {
+            // initialized : policies
+            final Mutable<Pair<Boolean, Optional<TopicPolicies>>> policiesFutureHolder = new MutableObject<>();
+            // NOTICE: avoid using any callback with lock scope to avoid deadlock
+            policyCacheInitMap.compute(namespace, (___, existingFuture) -> {
+                if (!inserted || existingFuture != null) {
+                    final var partitionedTopicName = TopicName.get(topicName.getPartitionedTopicName());
+                    final var policies = Optional.ofNullable(switch (type) {
+                        case DEFAULT -> Optional.ofNullable(policiesCache.get(partitionedTopicName))
+                                .orElseGet(() -> globalPoliciesCache.get(partitionedTopicName));
+                        case GLOBAL_ONLY -> globalPoliciesCache.get(partitionedTopicName);
+                        case LOCAL_ONLY -> policiesCache.get(partitionedTopicName);
                     });
-                });
+                    policiesFutureHolder.setValue(Pair.of(true, policies));
+                } else {
+                    policiesFutureHolder.setValue(Pair.of(false, null));
+                }
+                return existingFuture;
+            });
+            final var p = policiesFutureHolder.getValue();
+            if (!p.getLeft()) {
+                log.info("The future of {} has been removed from cache, retry getTopicPolicies again", namespace);
+                return getTopicPoliciesAsync(topicName, type);
             }
-            return existingFuture;
-        })).exceptionally(e -> {
-            resultFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
-            return null;
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(p.getRight());
         });
-        return resultFuture;
     }
 
     public void addOwnedNamespaceBundleAsync(NamespaceBundle namespaceBundle) {