diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
index ad141c5884fc1..5960a6eb3b9ad 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
@@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ protected Policies getNamespacePolicies(NamespaceName namespaceName) {
 
     }
 
+    protected PersistencePolicies getOrDefaultPersistencePolicy(PersistencePolicies policies) {
+        return policies != null ? policies
+                : new PersistencePolicies(pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultEnsembleSize(),
+                        pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultWriteQuorum(),
+                        pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultAckQuorum(),
+                        pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultMarkDeleteRateLimit());
+    }
+
     protected CompletableFuture<Policies> getNamespacePoliciesAsync(NamespaceName namespaceName) {
         return namespaceResources().getPoliciesAsync(namespaceName).thenCompose(policies -> {
             if (policies.isPresent()) {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/NamespacesBase.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/NamespacesBase.java
index b33b84e5aed41..48a3fc0ac57a6 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/NamespacesBase.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/NamespacesBase.java
@@ -1273,6 +1273,14 @@ protected CompletableFuture<Void> internalSetPersistenceAsync(PersistencePolicie
                 .thenCompose(__ -> doUpdatePersistenceAsync(persistence));
     }
 
+
+    protected PersistencePolicies internalGetPersistence() {
+        validateNamespacePolicyOperation(namespaceName, PolicyName.PERSISTENCE, PolicyOperation.READ);
+
+        Policies policies = getNamespacePolicies(namespaceName);
+        return getOrDefaultPersistencePolicy(policies.persistence);
+    }
+
     private CompletableFuture<Void> doUpdatePersistenceAsync(PersistencePolicies persistence) {
         return updatePoliciesAsync(namespaceName, policies -> {
             policies.persistence = persistence;
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
index 4a932a391b188..77f04a2a14e90 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/impl/PersistentTopicsBase.java
@@ -3517,13 +3517,7 @@ protected CompletableFuture<PersistencePolicies> internalGetPersistence(boolean
                     if (applied) {
                         PersistencePolicies namespacePolicy = getNamespacePolicies(namespaceName)
                                 .persistence;
-                        return namespacePolicy == null
-                                ? new PersistencePolicies(
-                                pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultEnsembleSize(),
-                                pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultWriteQuorum(),
-                                pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultAckQuorum(),
-                                pulsar().getConfiguration().getManagedLedgerDefaultMarkDeleteRateLimit())
-                                : namespacePolicy;
+                        return getOrDefaultPersistencePolicy(namespacePolicy);
                     }
                     return null;
                 }));
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
index a34e0c189bbe4..77b340687ff06 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public void testSetPersistencePolicies() throws Exception {
         final String namespace = "prop-xyz/ns2";
         admin.namespaces().createNamespace(namespace, Set.of("test"));
 
-        assertNull(admin.namespaces().getPersistence(namespace));
+        assertNotNull(admin.namespaces().getPersistence(namespace));
         admin.namespaces().setPersistence(namespace, new PersistencePolicies(3, 3, 3, 10.0));
         assertEquals(admin.namespaces().getPersistence(namespace), new PersistencePolicies(3, 3, 3, 10.0));
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
index b303386c65ffd..9a19271680b25 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
@@ -829,7 +830,7 @@ public void namespaces() throws Exception {
         policies.is_allow_auto_update_schema = conf.isAllowAutoUpdateSchemaEnabled();
         assertEquals(admin.namespaces().getPolicies("prop-xyz/ns1"), policies);
 
-        assertEquals(admin.namespaces().getPersistence("prop-xyz/ns1"), null);
+        assertEquals(admin.namespaces().getPersistence("prop-xyz/ns1"), new PersistencePolicies(2, 2, 2, 1.0));
         admin.namespaces().setPersistence("prop-xyz/ns1", new PersistencePolicies(3, 2, 1, 10.0));
         assertEquals(admin.namespaces().getPersistence("prop-xyz/ns1"), new PersistencePolicies(3, 2, 1, 10.0));
 
@@ -3453,6 +3454,17 @@ public void testPeekEncryptedMessages() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPersistenceAPI() throws Exception {
+        String namespace = "prop-xyz/test/persistence";
+        admin.namespaces().createNamespace(namespace);
+        PersistencePolicies persistencePolicies = admin.namespaces().getPersistence(namespace);
+        assertNotNull(persistencePolicies);
+        assertEquals(persistencePolicies.getBookkeeperEnsemble(), conf.getManagedLedgerDefaultEnsembleSize());
+        assertEquals(persistencePolicies.getBookkeeperWriteQuorum(), conf.getManagedLedgerDefaultWriteQuorum());
+        assertEquals(persistencePolicies.getBookkeeperAckQuorum(), conf.getManagedLedgerDefaultAckQuorum());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetPartitionStatsWithEarliestTimeInBacklog() throws PulsarAdminException, PulsarClientException {
         final String topicName = "persistent://prop-xyz/ns1/testPeekEncryptedMessages-" + UUID.randomUUID();