diff --git a/pulsar-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/impl/oxia/OxiaMetadataStore.java b/pulsar-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/impl/oxia/OxiaMetadataStore.java
index 9141ad3d29cf7..27cd4a2d2f60b 100644
--- a/pulsar-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/impl/oxia/OxiaMetadataStore.java
+++ b/pulsar-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/impl/oxia/OxiaMetadataStore.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.util.FutureUtil;
 import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.GetResult;
 import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataEventSynchronizer;
 import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataStoreConfig;
@@ -252,14 +253,16 @@ protected CompletableFuture<Stat> storePut(
     }
 
     private <T> CompletionStage<T> convertException(Throwable ex) {
-        if (ex.getCause() instanceof UnexpectedVersionIdException
-                || ex.getCause() instanceof KeyAlreadyExistsException) {
+        Throwable actEx = FutureUtil.unwrapCompletionException(ex);
+        if (actEx instanceof UnexpectedVersionIdException || actEx instanceof KeyAlreadyExistsException) {
             return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(
-                    new MetadataStoreException.BadVersionException(ex.getCause()));
-        } else if (ex.getCause() instanceof IllegalStateException) {
-            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new MetadataStoreException.AlreadyClosedException(ex.getCause()));
+                    new MetadataStoreException.BadVersionException(actEx));
+        } else if (actEx instanceof IllegalStateException) {
+            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new MetadataStoreException.AlreadyClosedException(actEx));
+        } else if (actEx instanceof MetadataStoreException) {
+            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(actEx);
         } else {
-            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(ex.getCause());
+            return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new MetadataStoreException(actEx));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/OxiaMetadataStoreErrorTest.java b/pulsar-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/OxiaMetadataStoreErrorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b45afe5413fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/metadata/OxiaMetadataStoreErrorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pulsar.metadata;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+import lombok.Cleanup;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.util.FutureUtil;
+import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataStore;
+import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataStoreConfig;
+import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataStoreException;
+import org.apache.pulsar.metadata.api.MetadataStoreFactory;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class OxiaMetadataStoreErrorTest extends BaseMetadataStoreTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void emptyStoreTest() throws Exception {
+        String metadataStoreUrl = "oxia://" + getOxiaServerConnectString();
+        String prefix = newKey();
+        @Cleanup
+        MetadataStore store = MetadataStoreFactory.create(metadataStoreUrl,
+                MetadataStoreConfig.builder().fsyncEnable(false).build());
+        oxiaServer.close();
+        try {
+            store.exists(prefix + "/non-existing-key").join();
+            fail("Expected an exception because the metadata store server has been closed.");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            Throwable actEx = FutureUtil.unwrapCompletionException(ex);
+            assertTrue(actEx instanceof MetadataStoreException);
+        }
+    }
+}