diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_metrics_worker.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_metrics_worker.erl
index 5f41346cb..a57a2f2f0 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_metrics_worker.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_metrics_worker.erl
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ terminate(_Reason, #state{metric_ids = MIDs}) ->
 
 stop(Name) ->
     try
-        gen_server:stop(Name)
+        gen_server:stop(Name, normal, 10000)
     catch
         exit:noproc ->
             ok;
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-11466.en.md b/changes/ce/fix-11466.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80679d444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-11466.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a crash that occurred when setting the `ssl_options.ciphers` configuration option to an empty string ("").