diff --git a/pulsar/consumer_impl.go b/pulsar/consumer_impl.go
index dceb1e2..8ae9161 100644
--- a/pulsar/consumer_impl.go
+++ b/pulsar/consumer_impl.go
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// normalize as FQDN topics
+	var tns []*internal.TopicName
 	// single topic consumer
 	if options.Topic != "" || len(options.Topics) == 1 {
 		topic := options.Topic
@@ -167,17 +169,20 @@
 			topic = options.Topics[0]
 		}
 
-		if err := validateTopicNames(topic); err != nil {
+		if tns, err = validateTopicNames(topic); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
+		topic = tns[0].Name
 		return topicSubscribe(client, options, topic, messageCh, dlq, rlq)
 	}
 
 	if len(options.Topics) > 1 {
-		if err := validateTopicNames(options.Topics...); err != nil {
+		if tns, err = validateTopicNames(options.Topics...); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		for i := range options.Topics {
+			options.Topics[i] = tns[i].Name
+		}
 
 		return newMultiTopicConsumer(client, options, options.Topics, messageCh, dlq, rlq)
 	}
diff --git a/pulsar/consumer_test.go b/pulsar/consumer_test.go
index 97d2de2..f31bb69 100644
--- a/pulsar/consumer_test.go
+++ b/pulsar/consumer_test.go
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@
 }
 
 func TestRLQ(t *testing.T) {
-	topic := "persistent://public/default/" + newTopicName()
+	topic := newTopicName()
 	subName := fmt.Sprintf("sub01-%d", time.Now().Unix())
 	maxRedeliveries := 2
 	N := 100
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
 func TestRLQMultiTopics(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now().Unix()
 	topic01 := fmt.Sprintf("persistent://public/default/topic-%d-1", now)
-	topic02 := fmt.Sprintf("persistent://public/default/topic-%d-2", now)
+	topic02 := fmt.Sprintf("topic-%d-2", now)
 	topics := []string{topic01, topic02}
 
 	subName := fmt.Sprintf("sub01-%d", time.Now().Unix())
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@
 
 	// subscribe DLQ Topic
 	dlqConsumer, err := client.Subscribe(ConsumerOptions{
-		Topic:                       "persistent://public/default/" + subName + "-DLQ",
+		Topic:                       subName + "-DLQ",
 		SubscriptionName:            subName,
 		SubscriptionInitialPosition: SubscriptionPositionEarliest,
 	})
diff --git a/pulsar/helper.go b/pulsar/helper.go
index 0f8cf20..fb42cb5 100644
--- a/pulsar/helper.go
+++ b/pulsar/helper.go
@@ -53,15 +53,16 @@
 	return msg
 }
 
-func validateTopicNames(topics ...string) error {
-	var errs error
-	for _, t := range topics {
-		if _, err := internal.ParseTopicName(t); err != nil {
-			errs = pkgerrors.Wrapf(err, "invalid topic name: %s", t)
+func validateTopicNames(topics ...string) ([]*internal.TopicName, error) {
+	tns := make([]*internal.TopicName, len(topics))
+	for i, t := range topics {
+		tn, err := internal.ParseTopicName(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, pkgerrors.Wrapf(err, "invalid topic name: %s", t)
 		}
+		tns[i] = tn
 	}
-
-	return errs
+	return tns, nil
 }
 
 func toKeyValues(metadata map[string]string) []*pb.KeyValue {