diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
index 679aec36605..a4e3c8024ba 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ public RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl initialize(ClientConfiguration conf,
             String dnsResolverName = conf.getString(REPP_DNS_RESOLVER_CLASS, ScriptBasedMapping.class.getName());
             try {
                 dnsResolver = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(dnsResolverName, DNSToSwitchMapping.class);
+                dnsResolver.setBookieAddressResolver(bookieAddressResolver);
                 if (dnsResolver instanceof Configurable) {
                     ((Configurable) dnsResolver).setConf(conf);
                 }
@@ -269,9 +270,10 @@ public RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl initialize(ClientConfiguration conf,
                 }
             } catch (RuntimeException re) {
                 if (!conf.getEnforceMinNumRacksPerWriteQuorum()) {
-                    LOG.error("Failed to initialize DNS Resolver {}, used default subnet resolver : {} {}",
-                            dnsResolverName, re, re.getMessage());
+                    LOG.error("Failed to initialize DNS Resolver {}, used default subnet resolver ",
+                            dnsResolverName, re);
                     dnsResolver = new DefaultResolver(this::getDefaultRack);
+                    dnsResolver.setBookieAddressResolver(bookieAddressResolver);
                 } else {
                     /*
                      * if minNumRacksPerWriteQuorum is enforced, then it
@@ -282,9 +284,6 @@ public RackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl initialize(ClientConfiguration conf,
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (dnsResolver != null) {
-            dnsResolver.setBookieAddressResolver(bookieAddressResolver);
-        }
         slowBookies = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
             .expireAfterWrite(conf.getBookieFailureHistoryExpirationMSec(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
             .build(new CacheLoader<BookieId, Long>() {
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/ZoneawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/ZoneawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
index 990d60f3aaf..61b81ed303e 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/ZoneawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/ZoneawareEnsemblePlacementPolicyImpl.java
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public Integer getSample() {
         } else {
             String dnsResolverName = conf.getString(REPP_DNS_RESOLVER_CLASS, ScriptBasedMapping.class.getName());
             actualDNSResolver = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(dnsResolverName, DNSToSwitchMapping.class);
+            actualDNSResolver.setBookieAddressResolver(bookieAddressResolver);
             if (actualDNSResolver instanceof Configurable) {
                 ((Configurable) actualDNSResolver).setConf(conf);
             }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/TestRackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/TestRackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
index f0520d45e24..28a27ee611b 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/TestRackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/client/TestRackawareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.java
@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.ITopologyAwareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.Ensemble;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.TopologyAwareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.EnsembleForReplacementWithNoConstraints;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.TopologyAwareEnsemblePlacementPolicy.TruePredicate;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.common.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ClientConfiguration;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.AbstractDNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.BookieId;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.BookieNode;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.BookieSocketAddress;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.DNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.NetworkTopology;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.Node;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.ScriptBasedMapping;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.proto.BookieAddressResolver;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.stats.Gauge;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.stats.NullStatsLogger;
@@ -146,6 +149,17 @@ static void updateMyRack(String rack) throws Exception {
         StaticDNSResolver.addNodeToRack("localhost", rack);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInitalize() throws Exception{
+        String dnsResolverName = conf.getString(REPP_DNS_RESOLVER_CLASS, ScriptBasedMapping.class.getName());
+        DNSToSwitchMapping dnsResolver = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(dnsResolverName, DNSToSwitchMapping.class);
+        AbstractDNSToSwitchMapping tmp = (AbstractDNSToSwitchMapping) dnsResolver;
+        assertNull(tmp.getBookieAddressResolver());
+
+        dnsResolver.setBookieAddressResolver(repp.bookieAddressResolver);
+        assertNotNull(tmp.getBookieAddressResolver());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNodeDown() throws Exception {
         repp.uninitalize();