diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
index f150a084237f5..f51e96ca9a779 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/authentication/AuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ default CompletableFuture<Boolean> authenticateHttpRequestAsync(HttpServletReque
     @Deprecated
     default boolean authenticateHttpRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
         AuthenticationState authenticationState = newHttpAuthState(request);
-        String role = authenticate(authenticationState.getAuthDataSource());
+        String role = authenticateAsync(authenticationState.getAuthDataSource()).get();
         request.setAttribute(AuthenticatedRoleAttributeName, role);
         request.setAttribute(AuthenticatedDataAttributeName, authenticationState.getAuthDataSource());
         return true;