diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/impl/ModularLoadManagerImpl.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/impl/ModularLoadManagerImpl.java
index 3af372607cb16..08c9483e87063 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/impl/ModularLoadManagerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/impl/ModularLoadManagerImpl.java
@@ -893,7 +893,9 @@ Optional<String> selectBroker(final ServiceUnitId serviceUnit) {
                     brokerToNamespaceToBundleRange, brokerToFailureDomainMap);
 
             // distribute bundles evenly to candidate-brokers if enable
-            if (conf.isLoadBalancerDistributeBundlesEvenlyEnabled()) {
+            // or system-namespace bundles
+            if (conf.isLoadBalancerDistributeBundlesEvenlyEnabled()
+                    || serviceUnit.getNamespaceObject().equals(NamespaceName.SYSTEM_NAMESPACE)) {
                 LoadManagerShared.removeMostServicingBrokersForNamespace(bundle,
                         brokerCandidateCache,
                         brokerToNamespaceToBundleRange);