diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/admin/BrokerStats.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/admin/BrokerStats.java
index 10bb11c0e264d..c9341749953fa 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/admin/BrokerStats.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/admin/BrokerStats.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.admin;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -33,13 +32,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse;
-import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses;
-import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.naming.NamespaceName;
-import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.policies.data.loadbalancer.LoadReport;
-import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.stats.AllocatorStats;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.loadbalance.ResourceUnit;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.loadbalance.impl.SimpleLoadManagerImpl;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.stats.AllocatorStatsGenerator;
@@ -47,9 +39,14 @@
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.stats.MBeanStatsGenerator;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.stats.Metrics;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.web.RestException;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.naming.NamespaceName;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.policies.data.loadbalancer.LoadReport;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.stats.AllocatorStats;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses;
 
 @Path("/broker-stats")
 @Api(value = "/broker-stats", description = "Stats for broker", tags = "broker-stats")
@@ -99,19 +96,13 @@ public Collection<Metrics> getMBeans() throws Exception {
     public StreamingOutput getDestinations2() throws Exception {
         // Ensure super user access only
         validateSuperUserAccess();
-        return new StreamingOutput() {
-            public void write(OutputStream output) throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
-                ByteBuf statsBuf = null;
-                try {
-                    statsBuf = pulsar().getBrokerService().getDimensionMetrics();
-                    output.write(statsBuf.array(), statsBuf.arrayOffset(), statsBuf.readableBytes());
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new WebApplicationException(e);
-                } finally {
-                    ReferenceCountUtil.release(statsBuf);
-                }
+        return output -> pulsar().getBrokerService().getDimensionMetrics(statsBuf -> {
+            try {
+                output.write(statsBuf.array(), statsBuf.arrayOffset(), statsBuf.readableBytes());
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new WebApplicationException(e);
             }
-        };
+        });
     }
 
     @GET
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
index 8df6784437046..263337ff47ea4 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerService.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BookKeeper.DigestType;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks.OpenLedgerCallback;
@@ -591,8 +592,8 @@ public void updateRates() {
         }
     }
 
-    public ByteBuf getDimensionMetrics() {
-        return pulsarStats.getDimensionMetrics();
+    public void getDimensionMetrics(Consumer<ByteBuf> consumer) {
+        pulsarStats.getDimensionMetrics(consumer);
     }
 
     public List<Metrics> getDestinationMetrics() {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PulsarStats.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PulsarStats.java
index 350b1c7954ef7..fdaad39c55be7 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PulsarStats.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PulsarStats.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ public class PulsarStats implements Closeable {
     private List<Metrics> metricsCollection;
     private final BrokerOperabilityMetrics brokerOperabilityMetrics;
 
+    private final ReentrantReadWriteLock bufferLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+
     public PulsarStats(PulsarService pulsar) {
         this.topicStatsBuf = PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(16 * 1024);
         this.tempTopicStatsBuf = PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer(16 * 1024);
@@ -148,21 +152,23 @@ public synchronized void updateStats(
         metricsCollection = tempMetricsCollection;
         tempMetricsCollection = tempRefMetrics;
 
-        ByteBuf tmp = topicStatsBuf;
-        topicStatsBuf = tempTopicStatsBuf;
-        tempTopicStatsBuf = tmp;
+        bufferLock.writeLock().lock();
+        try {
+            ByteBuf tmp = topicStatsBuf;
+            topicStatsBuf = tempTopicStatsBuf;
+            tempTopicStatsBuf = tmp;
+            tempTopicStatsBuf.clear();
+        } finally {
+            bufferLock.writeLock().unlock();
+        }
     }
 
-    public ByteBuf getDimensionMetrics() {
-        while (true) {
-            ByteBuf topicStatsBuf = this.topicStatsBuf;
-            try {
-                topicStatsBuf.retain();
-                return topicStatsBuf;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                // Re-fetch the buffer, since it have been swapped and release
-                continue;
-            }
+    public void getDimensionMetrics(Consumer<ByteBuf> consumer) {
+        bufferLock.readLock().lock();
+        try {
+            consumer.accept(topicStatsBuf);
+        } finally {
+            bufferLock.readLock().unlock();
         }
     }