diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/exception/TopicMetadataException.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/exception/TopicMetadataException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ccceefe61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/exception/TopicMetadataException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.provectus.kafka.ui.exception;
+
+public class TopicMetadataException extends CustomBaseException {
+
+  public TopicMetadataException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ErrorCode getErrorCode() {
+    return ErrorCode.INVALID_ENTITY_STATE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/KafkaService.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/KafkaService.java
index cc978d7a37..b3a2d92d56 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/KafkaService.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/KafkaService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.provectus.kafka.ui.service;
 
+import com.provectus.kafka.ui.exception.TopicMetadataException;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.exception.ValidationException;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.model.CreateTopicMessage;
 import com.provectus.kafka.ui.model.ExtendedAdminClient;
@@ -261,10 +262,12 @@ public class KafkaService {
               topicData.getReplicationFactor().shortValue());
           newTopic.configs(topicData.getConfigs());
           return createTopic(adminClient, newTopic).map(v -> topicData);
-        }).flatMap(
-          topicData ->
-              getTopicsData(adminClient, Collections.singleton(topicData.getName()))
-                  .next()
+        })
+        .onErrorResume(t -> Mono.error(new TopicMetadataException(t.getMessage())))
+        .flatMap(
+            topicData ->
+                getTopicsData(adminClient, Collections.singleton(topicData.getName()))
+                    .next()
         ).switchIfEmpty(Mono.error(new RuntimeException("Can't find created topic")))
         .flatMap(t ->
             loadTopicsConfig(adminClient, Collections.singletonList(t.getName()))
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaTopicCreateTests.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaTopicCreateTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51b11425c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaTopicCreateTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.provectus.kafka.ui;
+
+import com.provectus.kafka.ui.model.TopicCreation;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.reactive.AutoConfigureWebTestClient;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+
+@ContextConfiguration(initializers = {AbstractBaseTest.Initializer.class})
+@Log4j2
+@AutoConfigureWebTestClient(timeout = "10000")
+public class KafkaTopicCreateTests extends AbstractBaseTest {
+  @Autowired
+  private WebTestClient webTestClient;
+  private TopicCreation topicCreation;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void setUpBefore() {
+    this.topicCreation = new TopicCreation()
+        .replicationFactor(1)
+        .partitions(3)
+        .name(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldCreateNewTopicSuccessfully() {
+    webTestClient.post()
+        .uri("/api/clusters/{clusterName}/topics", LOCAL)
+        .bodyValue(topicCreation)
+        .exchange()
+        .expectStatus()
+        .isOk();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldReturn400IfTopicAlreadyExists() {
+    TopicCreation topicCreation = new TopicCreation()
+        .replicationFactor(1)
+        .partitions(3)
+        .name(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+    webTestClient.post()
+        .uri("/api/clusters/{clusterName}/topics", LOCAL)
+        .bodyValue(topicCreation)
+        .exchange()
+        .expectStatus()
+        .isOk();
+
+    webTestClient.post()
+        .uri("/api/clusters/{clusterName}/topics", LOCAL)
+        .bodyValue(topicCreation)
+        .exchange()
+        .expectStatus()
+        .isBadRequest();
+  }
+}