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 d4bff86226620..c412d186691d6 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
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ protected void internalCreateSubscription(AsyncResponse asyncResponse, String su
                         .thenCompose(allowAutoTopicCreation -> getPartitionedTopicMetadataAsync(topicName,
                                 authoritative, allowAutoTopicCreation).thenAccept(partitionMetadata -> {
                             final int numPartitions = partitionMetadata.partitions;
-                            if (numPartitions > 0) {
+                            if (partitionMetadata.partitions > 0 && !isUnexpectedTopicName(partitionMetadata)) {
                                 final CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
                                 final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger(numPartitions);
                                 final AtomicInteger failureCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/TopicNameForInfiniteHttpCallGetSubscriptionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
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