diff --git a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/AbstractWebSocketHandler.java b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/AbstractWebSocketHandler.java
index 20e257c921412..feacd1ec4bff8 100644
--- a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/AbstractWebSocketHandler.java
+++ b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/AbstractWebSocketHandler.java
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ public void onWebSocketConnect(Session session) {
         if (service.isAuthenticationEnabled()) {
             try {
                 authRole = service.getAuthenticationService().authenticateHttpRequest(request);
-                log.info("[{}] Authenticated WebSocket producer {} on topic {}", session.getRemoteAddress(), authRole,
+                log.info("[{}] Authenticated WebSocket client {} on topic {}", session.getRemoteAddress(), authRole,
                         topic);
 
             } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
-                log.warn("[{}] Failed to authenticated WebSocket producer {} on topic {}: {}",
+                log.warn("[{}] Failed to authenticated WebSocket client {} on topic {}: {}",
                         session.getRemoteAddress(), authRole, topic, e.getMessage());
                 close(WebSocketError.AuthenticationError);
                 return;
@@ -75,16 +75,21 @@ public void onWebSocketConnect(Session session) {
         }
 
         if (service.isAuthorizationEnabled()) {
-            final String role = authRole;
-            isAuthorized(authRole).thenApply(isAuthorized -> {
-                if(!isAuthorized) {
-                    log.warn("[{}] WebSocket Client [{}] is not authorized on topic {}", session.getRemoteAddress(), role,
+            try {
+                if (!isAuthorized(authRole)) {
+                    log.warn("[{}] WebSocket Client [{}] is not authorized on topic {}", session.getRemoteAddress(), authRole,
                             topic);
                     close(WebSocketError.NotAuthorizedError);
+                    return;
                 }
-                return null;
-            });
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn("[{}] Got an exception when authorizing WebSocket client {} on topic {} on: {}",
+                        session.getRemoteAddress(), authRole, topic, e.getMessage());
+                close(WebSocketError.UnknownError);
+                return;
+            }
         }
+        createClient(session);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -125,8 +130,6 @@ protected String checkAuthentication() {
         return null;
     }
 
-    protected abstract CompletableFuture<Boolean> isAuthorized(String authRole);
-
     private String extractTopicName(HttpServletRequest request) {
         String uri = request.getRequestURI();
         List<String> parts = Splitter.on("/").splitToList(uri);
@@ -143,5 +146,9 @@ private String extractTopicName(HttpServletRequest request) {
         return dn.toString();
     }
 
+    protected abstract Boolean isAuthorized(String authRole) throws Exception;
+
+    protected abstract void createClient(Session session);
+
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractWebSocketHandler.class);
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ConsumerHandler.java b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ConsumerHandler.java
index 7f489f613f421..785dcc75108f5 100644
--- a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ConsumerHandler.java
+++ b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ConsumerHandler.java
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ public ConsumerHandler(WebSocketService service, HttpServletRequest request) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onWebSocketConnect(Session session) {
-        super.onWebSocketConnect(session);
-
+    protected void createClient(Session session) {
         try {
             this.consumer = service.getPulsarClient().subscribe(topic, subscription, conf);
             this.service.addConsumer(this);
@@ -247,8 +245,8 @@ private ConsumerConfiguration getConsumerConfiguration() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected CompletableFuture<Boolean> isAuthorized(String authRole) {
-        return service.getAuthorizationManager().canConsumeAsync(DestinationName.get(topic), authRole);
+    protected Boolean isAuthorized(String authRole) throws Exception {
+        return service.getAuthorizationManager().canConsume(DestinationName.get(topic), authRole);
     }
 
     private static String extractSubscription(HttpServletRequest request) {
diff --git a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ProducerHandler.java b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ProducerHandler.java
index 6ede4e2d0e45e..1053eb045f1e5 100644
--- a/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ProducerHandler.java
+++ b/pulsar-websocket/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/websocket/ProducerHandler.java
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onWebSocketConnect(Session session) {
-        super.onWebSocketConnect(session);
-
+    protected void createClient(Session session) {
         try {
             ProducerConfiguration conf = getProducerConfiguration();
             this.producer = service.getPulsarClient().createProducer(topic, conf);
             this.service.addProducer(this);
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warn("[{}] Failed in creating producer on topic {}", session.getRemoteAddress(),
+                    topic, e);
             close(FailedToCreateProducer, e.getMessage());
         }
     }
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ public long getMsgPublishedCounter() {
         return MSG_PUBLISHED_COUNTER_UPDATER.get(this);
     }
 
-    protected CompletableFuture<Boolean> isAuthorized(String authRole) {
-        return service.getAuthorizationManager().canProduceAsync(DestinationName.get(topic), authRole);
+    @Override
+    protected Boolean isAuthorized(String authRole) throws Exception {
+        return service.getAuthorizationManager().canProduce(DestinationName.get(topic), authRole);
     }
 
     private void sendAckResponse(ProducerAck response) {