diff --git a/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py b/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
index ef26563d2d3f..31085583f1a7 100644
--- a/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
+++ b/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ def __init__(
         if publish_kwds.get("retry", False):
             if "retry_policy" not in publish_kwds:
                 publish_kwds["retry_policy"] = {}
-            if "errback" not in publish_kwds["retry_policy"]:
-                publish_kwds["retry_policy"]["errback"] = self.__publish_errback
         self.__publish_kwds = publish_kwds
         self.publish_uuid_store = publish_uuid_store
         self.consume_uuid_store = consume_uuid_store
         self.publish_ack_lock = threading.Lock()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def __publish_errback(exc, interval, publish_log_prefix=""):
+        log.error("%sConnection error while publishing: %r", publish_log_prefix, exc, exc_info=1)
+        log.info("%sRetrying in %s seconds", publish_log_prefix, interval)
+
     @property
     def url(self):
         return self.__url
@@ -230,16 +233,12 @@ def __prepare_publish_kwds(self, publish_log_prefix):
             publish_kwds = copy.deepcopy(self.__publish_kwds)
 
             def errback(exc, interval):
-                return self.__publish_errback(exc, interval, publish_log_prefix)
+                return PulsarExchange.__publish_errback(exc, interval, publish_log_prefix)
             publish_kwds["retry_policy"]["errback"] = errback
         else:
             publish_kwds = self.__publish_kwds
         return publish_kwds
 
-    def __publish_errback(self, exc, interval, publish_log_prefix=""):
-        log.error("%sConnection error while publishing: %r", publish_log_prefix, exc, exc_info=1)
-        log.info("%sRetrying in %s seconds", publish_log_prefix, interval)
-
     def __publish_log_prefex(self, transaction_uuid=None):
         prefix = ""
         if transaction_uuid: