diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
index 2983639c76aa8..1e3e2f3303817 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers.java
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ public boolean checkAndUnblockIfStuck() {
             return false;
         }
         // consider dispatch is stuck if : dispatcher has backlog, available-permits and there is no pending read
-        if (totalAvailablePermits > 0 && !havePendingReplayRead && !havePendingRead
+        if (isAtleastOneConsumerAvailable() && !havePendingReplayRead && !havePendingRead
                 && cursor.getNumberOfEntriesInBacklog(false) > 0) {
             log.warn("{}-{} Dispatcher is stuck and unblocking by issuing reads", topic.getName(), name);
             readMoreEntries();
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
index d236b5b1db062..e6a9b9c910e41 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer.java
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ public boolean checkAndUnblockIfStuck() {
         if (consumer == null || cursor.checkAndUpdateReadPositionChanged()) {
             return false;
         }
-        int totalAvailablePermits = consumer.getAvailablePermits();
+        boolean isConsumerAvailable = !consumer.isBlocked() && consumer.getAvailablePermits() > 0;
         // consider dispatch is stuck if : dispatcher has backlog, available-permits and there is no pending read
-        if (totalAvailablePermits > 0 && !havePendingRead && cursor.getNumberOfEntriesInBacklog(false) > 0) {
+        if (isConsumerAvailable && !havePendingRead && cursor.getNumberOfEntriesInBacklog(false) > 0) {
             log.warn("{}-{} Dispatcher is stuck and unblocking by issuing reads", topic.getName(), name);
             readMoreEntries(consumer);
             return true;
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopicTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopicTest.java
index 243a5ccadb369..6bbd598b454b2 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopicTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopicTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.persistent;
 
-import static org.apache.pulsar.broker.stats.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsClient.Metric;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import static org.apache.pulsar.broker.stats.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsClient.parseMetrics;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.BrokerTestBase;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.Topic;
 import org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.TopicPoliciesService;
+import org.apache.pulsar.broker.stats.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsClient.Metric;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.PulsarAdminException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Consumer;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Message;
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+
 @Slf4j
 @Test(groups = "broker")
 public class PersistentTopicTest extends BrokerTestBase {
@@ -216,6 +217,13 @@ public void testUnblockStuckSubscription() throws Exception {
         assertNotNull(msg);
         msg = consumer2.receive(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         assertNotNull(msg);
+
+        org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.Consumer sharedConsumer = sharedDispatcher.getConsumers().get(0);
+        Field blockField = org.apache.pulsar.broker.service.Consumer.class.getDeclaredField("blockedConsumerOnUnackedMsgs");
+        blockField.setAccessible(true);
+        blockField.set(sharedConsumer, true);
+        producer.newMessage().value("test").eventTime(5).send();
+        assertFalse(sharedSub.checkAndUnblockIfStuck());
     }
 
     @Test