diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
index e899248136592..ab27e5ee983d9 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
@@ -3448,10 +3448,13 @@ public void readEntryFailed(ManagedLedgerException exception, Object ctx) {
     public synchronized void triggerCompaction()
             throws PulsarServerException, AlreadyRunningException {
         if (currentCompaction.isDone()) {
+            if (!lock.readLock().tryLock()) {
+                log.info("[{}] Topic is closing or deleting, skip triggering compaction -lock", topic);
+                return;
+            }
             try {
-                lock.writeLock().lock();
                 if (isClosingOrDeleting) {
-                    log.info("[{}] Topic is closing or deleting, skip triggering compaction", topic);
+                    log.info("[{}] Topic is closing or deleting, skip triggering compaction -flag", topic);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -3461,14 +3464,14 @@ public synchronized void triggerCompaction()
                 } else {
                     currentCompaction = topicCompactionService.compact().thenApply(x -> null);
                 }
-                currentCompaction.whenComplete((ignore, ex) -> {
-                    if (ex != null) {
-                        log.warn("[{}] Compaction failure.", topic, ex);
-                    }
-                });
             } finally {
-                lock.writeLock().unlock();
+                lock.readLock().unlock();
             }
+            currentCompaction.whenComplete((ignore, ex) -> {
+                if (ex != null) {
+                    log.warn("[{}] Compaction failure.", topic, ex);
+                }
+            });
         } else {
             throw new AlreadyRunningException("Compaction already in progress");
         }
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/compaction/CompactionTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/compaction/CompactionTest.java
index 77eed2fbd24cc..a1dfbe6055876 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/compaction/CompactionTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/compaction/CompactionTest.java
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ public void testDeleteCompactedLedger() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testDeleteCompactedLedgerWithSlowAck() throws Exception {
-        // Disable topic level policies, since block ack thread will block topic level policies deleted
+        // Disable topic level policies, since block ack thread may also block thread of delete topic policies.
         conf.setTopicLevelPoliciesEnabled(false);
         restartBroker();