diff --git a/aiokafka/admin.py b/aiokafka/admin.py
index c3121960..fab161ec 100644
--- a/aiokafka/admin.py
+++ b/aiokafka/admin.py
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ async def create_topics(
                 "Support for CreateTopics v{} has not yet been added "
                 "to AIOKafkaAdminClient."
                 .format(version))
+
+        metadata = await self._get_cluster_metadata()
         response = await self._client.send(
-            self._client.get_random_node(),
+            metadata.controller_id,
             request)
         return response
 
@@ -212,7 +214,8 @@ async def delete_topics(
         version = self._matching_api_version(DeleteTopicsRequest)
         req_cls = DeleteTopicsRequest[version]
         request = req_cls(topics, timeout_ms or self._request_timeout_ms)
-        response = await self._send_request(request)
+        metadata = await self._get_cluster_metadata()
+        response = await self._send_request(request, node_id=metadata.controller_id)
         return response
 
     async def _get_cluster_metadata(