diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
index 8c51b0379b62b..4c06610dbb423 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ public static CompletableFuture<PartitionedTopicMetadata> getPartitionedTopicMet
     private Topic getTopicReference(TopicName topicName) {
         try {
             return pulsar().getBrokerService().getTopicIfExists(topicName.toString())
-                    .get(pulsar().getConfiguration().getZooKeeperSessionTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                    .get(pulsar().getConfiguration().getZooKeeperOperationTimeoutSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                     .orElseThrow(() -> topicNotFoundReason(topicName));
         } catch (RestException e) {
             throw e;