diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0ebb9d5fbfea1a512acd68eb85c0d1f4758142d1..f8abf95d77b7dba57537f9c4e33f591bf7037200 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * Fix CounterWindow increase computing issue.
 * Performance: optimize Envoy ALS analyzer performance in high traffic load scenario (reduce ~1cpu in ~10k RPS).
 * Performance: trim useless metadata fields in Envoy ALS metadata to improve performance.
+* Fix: slowDBAccessThreshold dynamic config error when not configured.
 
 #### UI
 * Fix the date component for log conditions.
diff --git a/oap-server/analyzer/agent-analyzer/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/analyzer/provider/trace/DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher.java b/oap-server/analyzer/agent-analyzer/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/analyzer/provider/trace/DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher.java
index 596a322d6a9bdf880d0cf6d22465f3d6f4f9a04c..f9ebb3a78eb46d59a65f1cd9b0ad8a40afde4d0a 100644
--- a/oap-server/analyzer/agent-analyzer/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/analyzer/provider/trace/DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher.java
+++ b/oap-server/analyzer/agent-analyzer/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/analyzer/provider/trace/DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher.java
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.apache.skywalking.oap.server.analyzer.module.AnalyzerModule;
 import org.apache.skywalking.oap.server.configuration.api.ConfigChangeWatcher;
-import org.apache.skywalking.oap.server.core.Const;
 import org.apache.skywalking.oap.server.library.module.ModuleProvider;
 
 public class DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher extends ConfigChangeWatcher {
     private AtomicReference<Map<String, Integer>> thresholds;
-    private AtomicReference<String> settingsString;
+    private final String initialSettingsString;
+    private volatile String dynamicSettingsString;
 
     public DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher(String config, ModuleProvider provider) {
         super(AnalyzerModule.NAME, provider, "slowDBAccessThreshold");
         thresholds = new AtomicReference<>(new HashMap<>());
-        settingsString = new AtomicReference<>(Const.EMPTY_STRING);
+        initialSettingsString = config;
 
         activeSetting(config);
     }
@@ -47,12 +47,8 @@ public class DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher extends ConfigChangeWatcher {
                 newThresholds.put(typeValue[0].trim().toLowerCase(), Integer.parseInt(typeValue[1].trim()));
             }
         }
-        if (!newThresholds.containsKey("default")) {
-            newThresholds.put("default", 10000);
-        }
 
         thresholds.set(newThresholds);
-        settingsString.set(config);
     }
 
     public int getThreshold(String type) {
@@ -67,14 +63,16 @@ public class DBLatencyThresholdsAndWatcher extends ConfigChangeWatcher {
     @Override
     public void notify(ConfigChangeEvent value) {
         if (EventType.DELETE.equals(value.getEventType())) {
-            activeSetting("");
+            dynamicSettingsString = null;
+            activeSetting(initialSettingsString);
         } else {
+            dynamicSettingsString = value.getNewValue();
             activeSetting(value.getNewValue());
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public String value() {
-        return settingsString.get();
+        return dynamicSettingsString;
     }
 }