diff --git a/cmd/kafka-consumer/consumer.go b/cmd/kafka-consumer/consumer.go
index 143627c124..2bf26f1aee 100644
--- a/cmd/kafka-consumer/consumer.go
+++ b/cmd/kafka-consumer/consumer.go
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ func getPartitionNum(o *option) (int32, error) {
 				}
 				return 0, errors.Trace(err)
 			}
-			if topicDetail, ok := resp.Topics[topic]; ok {
+
+			topicDetail, ok := resp.Topics[topic]
+			if ok && topicDetail.Error.Code() == kafka.ErrNoError {
 				numPartitions := int32(len(topicDetail.Partitions))
 				log.Info("get partition number of topic",
 					zap.String("topic", topic),
diff --git a/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/helper.go b/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/helper.go
index 4b83310595..6665b4c973 100644
--- a/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/helper.go
+++ b/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/helper.go
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ func (c components) close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func newKafkaSinkComponentWithFactory(ctx context.Context,
+func newKafkaSinkComponent(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	changefeedID commonType.ChangeFeedID,
 	sinkURI *url.URL,
 	sinkConfig *config.SinkConfig,
-	factoryCreator kafka.FactoryCreator,
 ) (components, config.Protocol, error) {
 	kafkaComponent := components{}
 	protocol, err := helper.GetProtocol(utils.GetOrZero(sinkConfig.Protocol))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func newKafkaSinkComponentWithFactory(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	options.Topic = topic
 
-	kafkaComponent.factory, err = factoryCreator(ctx, options, changefeedID)
+	kafkaComponent.factory, err = kafka.NewSaramaFactory(ctx, options, changefeedID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return kafkaComponent, protocol, errors.WrapError(errors.ErrKafkaNewProducer, err)
 	}
@@ -129,12 +129,3 @@ func newKafkaSinkComponentWithFactory(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 	return kafkaComponent, protocol, nil
 }
-
-func newKafkaSinkComponent(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	changefeedID commonType.ChangeFeedID,
-	sinkURI *url.URL,
-	sinkConfig *config.SinkConfig,
-) (components, config.Protocol, error) {
-	return newKafkaSinkComponentWithFactory(ctx, changefeedID, sinkURI, sinkConfig, kafka.NewSaramaFactory)
-}
diff --git a/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/sink.go b/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/sink.go
index cc104292ea..673d3e9993 100644
--- a/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/sink.go
+++ b/downstreamadapter/sink/kafka/sink.go
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
+	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/downstreamadapter/sink/columnselector"
+	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/downstreamadapter/sink/eventrouter"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/downstreamadapter/sink/helper"
 	commonType "github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/common"
 	commonEvent "github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/common/event"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/metrics"
+	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec/common"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/kafka"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/util"
@@ -68,9 +71,77 @@ func (s *sink) SinkType() commonType.SinkType {
 }
 
 func Verify(ctx context.Context, changefeedID commonType.ChangeFeedID, uri *url.URL, sinkConfig *config.SinkConfig) error {
-	comp, _, err := newKafkaSinkComponent(ctx, changefeedID, uri, sinkConfig)
-	defer comp.close()
-	return err
+	protocol, err := helper.GetProtocol(util.GetOrZero(sinkConfig.Protocol))
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	topic, err := helper.GetTopic(uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	options := kafka.NewOptions()
+	if err = options.Apply(changefeedID, uri, sinkConfig); err != nil {
+		return errors.WrapError(errors.ErrKafkaInvalidConfig, err)
+	}
+	options.Topic = topic
+
+	encoderConfig, err := helper.GetEncoderConfig(changefeedID, uri, protocol, sinkConfig, options.MaxMessageBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	isAvroLike := protocol == config.ProtocolAvro || protocol == config.ProtocolDebeziumAvro
+	if _, err = eventrouter.NewEventRouter(sinkConfig, topic, false, isAvroLike); err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err = columnselector.New(sinkConfig); err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	factory, err := kafka.NewSaramaFactory(ctx, options, changefeedID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WrapError(errors.ErrKafkaNewProducer, err)
+	}
+
+	adminClient, err := factory.AdminClient(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WrapError(errors.ErrKafkaNewProducer, err)
+	}
+	defer adminClient.Close()
+
+	topics, err := adminClient.GetTopicsMeta([]string{topic}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	if _, exists := topics[topic]; exists {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	topicConfig := options.DeriveTopicConfig()
+	if !topicConfig.AutoCreate {
+		return errors.ErrKafkaInvalidConfig.GenWithStack("`auto-create-topic` is false, and %s not found", topic)
+	}
+
+	// the topic is not created, only validate.
+	err = adminClient.CreateTopic(&kafka.TopicDetail{
+		Name:              topic,
+		NumPartitions:     topicConfig.PartitionNum,
+		ReplicationFactor: topicConfig.ReplicationFactor,
+	}, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WrapError(errors.ErrKafkaCreateTopic, err)
+	}
+
+	encoder, err := codec.NewEventEncoder(ctx, encoderConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	encoder.Clean()
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func New(
diff --git a/pkg/sink/codec/builder.go b/pkg/sink/codec/builder.go
index e003710bfb..e6415d06f6 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/codec/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/codec/builder.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/errors"
-	cerror "github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec/avro"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec/canal"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec/common"
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ func NewEventDecoder(
 	case config.ProtocolAvro:
 		schemaM, err := avro.NewConfluentSchemaManager(ctx, codecConfig.AvroConfluentSchemaRegistry, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, cerror.Trace(err)
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 		return avro.NewDecoder(codecConfig, idx, schemaM, topic, upstreamTiDB), nil
 	case config.ProtocolSimple:
diff --git a/pkg/sink/kafka/factory.go b/pkg/sink/kafka/factory.go
index 72a458a508..14d83b390c 100644
--- a/pkg/sink/kafka/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/sink/kafka/factory.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package kafka
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	commonType "github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/sink/codec/common"
 )
 
@@ -32,9 +31,6 @@ type Factory interface {
 	MetricsCollector(adminClient ClusterAdminClient) MetricsCollector
 }
 
-// FactoryCreator defines the type of factory creator.
-type FactoryCreator func(context.Context, *options, commonType.ChangeFeedID) (Factory, error)
-
 // SyncProducer is the kafka sync producer
 type SyncProducer interface {
 	// SendMessage produces a given message, and returns only when it either has