diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisable.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisable.java
index c72f6ba82b05d1..6dc195440892a8 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisable.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisable.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public void update(PublishRate maxPublishRate) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean tryAcquire(int numbers, long bytes) {
-        // No-op
+        // Always allow
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisableTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisableTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..24d8c85bae4a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/PublishRateLimiterDisableTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pulsar.broker.service;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class PublishRateLimiterDisableTest {
+
+    // GH issue #10603
+    @Test
+    void shouldAlwaysAllowAcquire() {
+        PublishRateLimiterDisable publishRateLimiter = PublishRateLimiterDisable.DISABLED_RATE_LIMITER;
+        assertTrue(publishRateLimiter.tryAcquire(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE));
+    }
+}
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