diff --git a/namesrv/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/namesrv/processor/DefaultRequestProcessor.java b/namesrv/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/namesrv/processor/DefaultRequestProcessor.java
index 44a2b6f2610c57ade7000958633eb4c4ddd9d566..f8bc55e7aab38e1f27abc75c674c28eab0a9d02b 100644
--- a/namesrv/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/namesrv/processor/DefaultRequestProcessor.java
+++ b/namesrv/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/namesrv/processor/DefaultRequestProcessor.java
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ public class DefaultRequestProcessor extends AsyncNettyRequestProcessor implemen
         final PutKVConfigRequestHeader requestHeader =
             (PutKVConfigRequestHeader) request.decodeCommandCustomHeader(PutKVConfigRequestHeader.class);
 
+        if (requestHeader.getNamespace() == null || requestHeader.getKey() == null) {
+            response.setCode(ResponseCode.SYSTEM_ERROR);
+            response.setRemark("namespace or key is null");
+            return response;
+        }
         this.namesrvController.getKvConfigManager().putKVConfig(
             requestHeader.getNamespace(),
             requestHeader.getKey(),