diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
index a7c0141eafe51..30ad82911efe4 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isBlank;
+
 public class ServiceConfigurationUtils {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServiceConfigurationUtils.class);
 
     public static String getDefaultOrConfiguredAddress(String configuredAddress) {
-        if ( configuredAddress == null ) {
+        if (isBlank(configuredAddress)) {
             return unsafeLocalhostResolve();
         }
         return configuredAddress;