diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/subscription/SubscriptionGroupManager.java b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/subscription/SubscriptionGroupManager.java
index e860f290741..a1718bc7629 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/subscription/SubscriptionGroupManager.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/subscription/SubscriptionGroupManager.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -416,11 +417,11 @@ private Map<String, String> request(SubscriptionGroupConfig subscriptionGroupCon
     private Map<String, String> current(String groupName) {
         SubscriptionGroupConfig subscriptionGroupConfig = this.subscriptionGroupTable.get(groupName);
         if (subscriptionGroupConfig == null) {
-            return new HashMap<>();
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
         } else {
             Map<String, String> attributes = subscriptionGroupConfig.getAttributes();
             if (attributes == null) {
-                return new HashMap<>();
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
             } else {
                 return attributes;
             }
diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/topic/TopicConfigManager.java b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/topic/TopicConfigManager.java
index 51b5f5492ad..a4325baef0a 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/topic/TopicConfigManager.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/topic/TopicConfigManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.rocketmq.broker.topic;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -750,11 +751,11 @@ private Map<String, String> request(TopicConfig topicConfig) {
     private Map<String, String> current(String topic) {
         TopicConfig topicConfig = getTopicConfig(topic);
         if (topicConfig == null) {
-            return new HashMap<>();
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
         } else {
             Map<String, String> attributes = topicConfig.getAttributes();
             if (attributes == null) {
-                return new HashMap<>();
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
             } else {
                 return attributes;
             }