diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalanceImpl.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalanceImpl.java
index 97d9460f827..b05e333cfb4 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalanceImpl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalanceImpl.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public ConcurrentMap<String, SubscriptionData> getSubscriptionInner() {
         return subscriptionInner;
     }
 
-    private boolean rebalanceByTopic(final String topic, final boolean isOrder) {
+    private boolean rebalanceByTopic(final String topic, final boolean isOrder) throws MQClientException {
         boolean balanced = true;
         switch (messageModel) {
             case BROADCASTING: {
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/factory/MQClientInstance.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/factory/MQClientInstance.java
index f44ce90b8d8..042585f6672 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/factory/MQClientInstance.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/factory/MQClientInstance.java
@@ -1134,14 +1134,10 @@ private int findBrokerVersion(String brokerName, String brokerAddr) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    public List<String> findConsumerIdList(final String topic, final String group) {
+    public List<String> findConsumerIdList(final String topic, final String group) throws MQClientException {
         String brokerAddr = this.findBrokerAddrByTopic(topic);
         if (null == brokerAddr) {
-            try {
-                this.updateTopicRouteInfoFromNameServer(topic);
-            } catch (MQClientException e) {
-                return null;
-            }
+            this.updateTopicRouteInfoFromNameServer(topic);
             brokerAddr = this.findBrokerAddrByTopic(topic);
         }
 
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalancePushImplTest.java b/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalancePushImplTest.java
index f55b5869e56..d5832ab8b95 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalancePushImplTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/impl/consumer/RebalancePushImplTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public RebalancePushImplTest() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testMessageQueueChanged_CountThreshold() {
+    public void testMessageQueueChanged_CountThreshold() throws MQClientException {
         RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush = new RebalancePushImpl(consumerGroup, MessageModel.CLUSTERING,
             new AllocateMessageQueueAveragely(), mqClientInstance, defaultMQPushConsumer);
         init(rebalancePush);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ private void doRebalanceForcibly(RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush, Set<MessageQue
         rebalancePush.messageQueueChanged(topic, allocateResultSet, allocateResultSet);
     }
 
-    private void init(final RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush) {
+    private void init(final RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush) throws MQClientException {
         rebalancePush.getSubscriptionInner().putIfAbsent(topic, new SubscriptionData());
 
         rebalancePush.subscriptionInner.putIfAbsent(topic, new SubscriptionData());
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ private void init(final RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush) {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testMessageQueueChanged_SizeThreshold() {
+    public void testMessageQueueChanged_SizeThreshold() throws MQClientException {
         RebalancePushImpl rebalancePush = new RebalancePushImpl(consumerGroup, MessageModel.CLUSTERING,
             new AllocateMessageQueueAveragely(), mqClientInstance, defaultMQPushConsumer);
         init(rebalancePush);
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/DefaultMQLitePullConsumerWithTraceTest.java b/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/DefaultMQLitePullConsumerWithTraceTest.java
index 803c41a8ad2..0b735de64c1 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/DefaultMQLitePullConsumerWithTraceTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/DefaultMQLitePullConsumerWithTraceTest.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ private static void suppressUpdateTopicRouteInfoFromNameServer(DefaultLitePullCo
         MQClientInstance mQClientFactory = spy(MQClientManager.getInstance().getOrCreateMQClientInstance(litePullConsumer, (RPCHook) FieldUtils.readDeclaredField(defaultLitePullConsumerImpl, "rpcHook", true)));
         ConcurrentMap<String, MQClientInstance> factoryTable = (ConcurrentMap<String, MQClientInstance>) FieldUtils.readDeclaredField(MQClientManager.getInstance(), "factoryTable", true);
         factoryTable.put(litePullConsumer.buildMQClientId(), mQClientFactory);
-        doReturn(false).when(mQClientFactory).updateTopicRouteInfoFromNameServer(anyString());
+        doReturn(false).when(mQClientFactory).updateTopicRouteInfoFromNameServerWithoutException(anyString());
     }
 
 }