diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/BrokerController.java b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/BrokerController.java
index 7e9e7ac9188fc6fb9d5ce03dbe9f24ffe0b52422..6acd40ca7760a0e334d6957e6639cbc8b92f98f1 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/BrokerController.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/BrokerController.java
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ public class BrokerController {
     }
 
     public boolean initialize() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
-        boolean result = true;
-
-        result = result && this.topicConfigManager.load();
+        boolean result = this.topicConfigManager.load();
 
         result = result && this.consumerOffsetManager.load();
         result = result && this.subscriptionGroupManager.load();