diff --git a/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py b/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
index 31085583f1a7..2ede16d8ddb9 100644
--- a/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
+++ b/lib/pulsar/client/amqp_exchange.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ACK_QUEUE_SUFFIX = "_ack"
 ACK_UUID_KEY = 'acknowledge_uuid'
 ACK_QUEUE_KEY = 'acknowledge_queue'
+ACK_SUBMIT_QUEUE_KEY = 'acknowledge_submit_queue'
 ACK_UUID_RESPONSE_KEY = 'acknowledge_uuid_response'
 ACK_FORCE_NOACK_KEY = 'force_noack'
 DEFAULT_ACK_MANAGER_SLEEP = 15
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.publish_uuid_store = publish_uuid_store
         self.consume_uuid_store = consume_uuid_store
         self.publish_ack_lock = threading.Lock()
+        # Ack manager should sleep before checking for
+        # repbulishes, but if that changes, need to drain the
+        # queue once before the ack manager starts doing its
+        # thing
+        self.ack_manager_thread = self.__start_ack_manager()
 
     @staticmethod
     def __publish_errback(exc, interval, publish_log_prefix=""):
@@ -103,11 +109,6 @@ def consume(self, queue_name, callback, check=True, connection_kwargs={}):
                 with self.connection(self.__url, heartbeat=DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT, **connection_kwargs) as connection:
                     with kombu.Consumer(connection, queues=[queue], callbacks=callbacks, accept=['json']):
                         heartbeat_thread = self.__start_heartbeat(queue_name, connection)
-                        # Ack manager should sleep before checking for
-                        # repbulishes, but if that changes, need to drain the
-                        # queue once before the ack manager starts doing its
-                        # thing
-                        self.__start_ack_manager(queue_name)
                         while check and connection.connected:
                             try:
                                 connection.drain_events(timeout=self.__timeout)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ def publish(self, name, payload):
             ack_queue = name + ACK_QUEUE_SUFFIX
             payload[ACK_UUID_KEY] = ack_uuid
             payload[ACK_QUEUE_KEY] = ack_queue
+            payload[ACK_SUBMIT_QUEUE_KEY] = name
             self.publish_uuid_store[ack_uuid] = payload
             log.debug('Requesting acknowledgement of UUID %s on queue %s', ack_uuid, ack_queue)
         with self.connection(self.__url) as connection:
@@ -209,18 +211,20 @@ def publish(self, name, payload):
                 )
                 log.debug("%sPublished to key %s", publish_log_prefix, key)
 
-    def ack_manager(self, queue_name):
+    def ack_manager(self):
         log.debug('Acknowledgement manager thread alive')
-        resubmit_queue = queue_name[:-len(ACK_QUEUE_SUFFIX)]
         try:
             while True:
                 sleep(DEFAULT_ACK_MANAGER_SLEEP)
                 with self.publish_ack_lock:
                     for unack_uuid in self.publish_uuid_store.keys():
                         if self.publish_uuid_store.get_time(unack_uuid) < time() - self.__republish_time:
-                            log.debug('UUID %s has not been acknowledged, republishing original message', unack_uuid)
                             payload = self.publish_uuid_store[unack_uuid]
                             payload[ACK_FORCE_NOACK_KEY] = True
+                            resubmit_queue = payload[ACK_SUBMIT_QUEUE_KEY]
+                            log.debug('UUID %s has not been acknowledged, '
+                                      'republishing original message on queue %s',
+                                      unack_uuid, resubmit_queue)
                             self.publish(resubmit_queue, payload)
                             self.publish_uuid_store.set_time(unack_uuid)
         except:
@@ -273,10 +277,10 @@ def __start_heartbeat(self, queue_name, connection):
         thread.start()
         return thread
 
-    def __start_ack_manager(self, queue_name):
-        if self.acks_enabled and queue_name.endswith(ACK_QUEUE_SUFFIX):
-            thread_name = "acknowledgement-manager-%s" % (self.__queue_name(queue_name))
-            thread = threading.Thread(name=thread_name, target=self.ack_manager, args=(queue_name,))
+    def __start_ack_manager(self):
+        if self.acks_enabled:
+            thread_name = "acknowledgement-manager"
+            thread = threading.Thread(name=thread_name, target=self.ack_manager)
             thread.daemon = True
             thread.start()
             return thread