diff --git a/dubbo-metadata/dubbo-metadata-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/metadata/MetadataInfo.java b/dubbo-metadata/dubbo-metadata-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/metadata/MetadataInfo.java
index 46496208c54..a58055e5155 100644
--- a/dubbo-metadata/dubbo-metadata-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/metadata/MetadataInfo.java
+++ b/dubbo-metadata/dubbo-metadata-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/metadata/MetadataInfo.java
@@ -325,9 +325,10 @@ public String getParameter(String key) {
         }
 
         public String getMethodParameter(String method, String key, String defaultValue) {
+            // set consumerMethodParams firstly to avoid NPE at race condition.
             if (methodParams == null) {
-                methodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(params);
                 consumerMethodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(consumerParams);
+                methodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(params);
             }
 
             String value = getMethodParameter(method, key, consumerMethodParams);
@@ -359,12 +360,14 @@ public boolean hasMethodParameter(String method, String key) {
         }
 
         public boolean hasMethodParameter(String method) {
+            // set consumerMethodParams firstly to NPE at race condition.
             if (methodParams == null) {
-                methodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(params);
                 consumerMethodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(consumerParams);
+                methodParams = URL.toMethodParameters(params);
             }
 
-            return consumerMethodParams.containsKey(method) || methodParams.containsKey(method);
+            return (CollectionUtils.isNotEmptyMap(consumerMethodParams) && consumerMethodParams.containsKey(method))
+                    || (CollectionUtils.isNotEmptyMap(methodParams) && methodParams.containsKey(method));
         }
 
         public String toDescString() {