diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/kafka/KafkaProducerManager.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/kafka/KafkaProducerManager.java
index f9bccc56ecf20cce1d3d8baeed297fca358ec95c..244a1610c5e9cf8bd3e597ac8023122f045dd511 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/kafka/KafkaProducerManager.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/kafka/KafkaProducerManager.java
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public class KafkaProducerManager implements BootService, Runnable {
                                          .collect(Collectors.toSet());
         if (!topics.isEmpty()) {
             LOGGER.warn("kafka topics {} is not exist, connect to kafka cluster abort", topics);
+            closeAdminClient(adminClient);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ public class KafkaProducerManager implements BootService, Runnable {
             producer = new KafkaProducer<>(properties, new StringSerializer(), new BytesSerializer());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.error(e, "connect to kafka cluster '{}' failed", KafkaReporterPluginConfig.Plugin.Kafka.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS);
+            closeAdminClient(adminClient);
             return;
         }
         //notify listeners to send data if no exception been throw
@@ -140,6 +142,16 @@ public class KafkaProducerManager implements BootService, Runnable {
         }
     }
 
+    private void closeAdminClient(AdminClient adminClient) {
+        if (adminClient != null) {
+            try {
+                adminClient.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.error("close kafka admin client failed", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the KafkaProducer instance to send data to Kafka broker.
      */
@@ -162,4 +174,4 @@ public class KafkaProducerManager implements BootService, Runnable {
         producer.flush();
         producer.close();
     }
-}
+}
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