diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/audit/AuditService.java b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/audit/AuditService.java
index c88f2abe6..ec31683f3 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/audit/AuditService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/audit/AuditService.java
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ public boolean isAuditTopic(KafkaCluster cluster, String topic) {
   }
 
   public void audit(AccessContext acxt, Signal<?> sig) {
+    if (auditWriters.isEmpty()) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (sig.isOnComplete()) {
       extractUser(sig)
           .doOnNext(u -> sendAuditRecord(acxt, u))