diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
index efab75791..599073704 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ configs(get, Params, _Req) ->
     case
         lists:member(Node, mria_mnesia:running_nodes())
         andalso
-        rpc:call(Node, ?MODULE, get_full_config, [])
+        emqx_management_proto_v1:get_full_config(Node)
     of
         false ->
             Message = list_to_binary(io_lib:format("Bad node ~p, reason not found", [Node])),
             {500, #{code => 'BAD_NODE', message => Message}};
-        {error, {badrpc, R}} ->
+        {badrpc, R} ->
             Message = list_to_binary(io_lib:format("Bad node ~p, reason ~p", [Node, R])),
             {500, #{code => 'BAD_NODE', message => Message}};
         Res ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/proto/emqx_management_proto_v1.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/proto/emqx_management_proto_v1.erl
index d3d8ff989..306145ade 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/proto/emqx_management_proto_v1.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/proto/emqx_management_proto_v1.erl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
         , unsubscribe/3
 
         , call_client/3
+
+        , get_full_config/1
         ]).
 
 -include_lib("emqx/include/bpapi.hrl").
@@ -77,3 +79,7 @@ unsubscribe(Node, ClientId, Topic) ->
 -spec call_client(node(), emqx_types:clientid(), term()) -> term().
 call_client(Node, ClientId, Req) ->
     rpc:call(Node, emqx_mgmt, do_call_client, [ClientId, Req]).
+
+-spec get_full_config(node()) -> map() | list() | {badrpc, _}.
+get_full_config(Node) ->
+    rpc:call(Node, emqx_mgmt_api_configs, get_full_config, []).