diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/admin/DefaultMQAdminExtImpl.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/admin/DefaultMQAdminExtImpl.java
index d6c26db1fe..3b20a730db 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/admin/DefaultMQAdminExtImpl.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/tools/admin/DefaultMQAdminExtImpl.java
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ public class DefaultMQAdminExtImpl implements MQAdminExt, MQAdminExtInner {
     @Override
     public void createTopic(String key, String newTopic, int queueNum,
         Map<String, String> attributes) throws MQClientException {
-        createTopic(key, newTopic, queueNum, 0, null);
+        createTopic(key, newTopic, queueNum, 0, attributes);
     }
 
     @Override