diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
index 8401723ed7a9f..c47b8ca79812d 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfigurationUtils.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public static String getAppliedAdvertisedAddress(ServiceConfiguration configurat
 
     /**
      * Gets the internal advertised listener for broker-to-broker communication.
-     * @return an advertised listener
+     * @return a non-null advertised listener
      */
     public static AdvertisedListener getInternalListener(ServiceConfiguration config) {
         Map<String, AdvertisedListener> result = MultipleListenerValidator
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/PulsarService.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/PulsarService.java
index 14f5003f379b6..acba76ac118be 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/PulsarService.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/PulsarService.java
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ public TransactionBufferClient getTransactionBufferClient() {
      */
     protected String brokerUrl(ServiceConfiguration config) {
         AdvertisedListener internalListener = ServiceConfigurationUtils.getInternalListener(config);
-        return internalListener != null && internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrl() != null
+        return internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrl() != null
                 ? internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrl().toString() : null;
     }
 
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ public static String brokerUrl(String host, int port) {
      */
     public String brokerUrlTls(ServiceConfiguration config) {
         AdvertisedListener internalListener = ServiceConfigurationUtils.getInternalListener(config);
-        return internalListener != null && internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrlTls() != null
+        return internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrlTls() != null
                 ? internalListener.getBrokerServiceUrlTls().toString() : null;
     }