diff --git a/dubbo-common/pom.xml b/dubbo-common/pom.xml
index f59666e545..d0c050673a 100644
--- a/dubbo-common/pom.xml
+++ b/dubbo-common/pom.xml
@@ -99,5 +99,10 @@
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtils.java b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a126fc61cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.dubbo.common.utils;
+
+import org.apache.dubbo.common.logger.Logger;
+import org.apache.dubbo.common.logger.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.PROTOBUF_MESSAGE_CLASS_NAME;
+
+public class ProtobufUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ProtobufUtils.class);
+
+    private static Class<?> protobufClss;
+
+    private ProtobufUtils() {}
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            protobufClss = ClassUtils.forName(PROTOBUF_MESSAGE_CLASS_NAME, ProtobufUtils.class.getClassLoader());
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            logger.info("protobuf's dependency is absent");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isProtobufClass(Class<?> pojoClazz) {
+        if (protobufClss != null) {
+            return protobufClss.isAssignableFrom(pojoClazz);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtilsTest.java b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7ca7bc01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/ProtobufUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.dubbo.common.utils;
+
+import org.apache.dubbo.common.vo.UserVo;
+import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model.HelloReply;
+import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model.HelloRequest;
+import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model.Person;
+import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model.SerializablePerson;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ProtobufUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsProtobufClass() {
+        Assertions.assertTrue(ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass(HelloRequest.class));
+        Assertions.assertTrue(ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass(HelloReply.class));
+        Assertions.assertFalse(ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass(Person.class));
+        Assertions.assertFalse(ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass(SerializablePerson.class));
+        Assertions.assertFalse(ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass(UserVo.class));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloReply.java b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloReply.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ecd4585e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloReply.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.Message;
+
+public final class HelloReply extends com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3 {
+
+    @Override
+    protected FieldAccessorTable internalGetFieldAccessorTable() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Message.Builder newBuilderForType(BuilderParent builderParent) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message.Builder newBuilderForType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message.Builder toBuilder() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message getDefaultInstanceForType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloRequest.java b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ea1cc6136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/model/HelloRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.Message;
+
+public final class HelloRequest extends com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3 {
+
+    @Override
+    protected FieldAccessorTable internalGetFieldAccessorTable() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Message.Builder newBuilderForType(BuilderParent builderParent) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message.Builder newBuilderForType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message.Builder toBuilder() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message getDefaultInstanceForType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-triple/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/tri/ReflectionPackableMethod.java b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-triple/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/tri/ReflectionPackableMethod.java
index 4c19ca2d12..046410a20d 100644
--- a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-triple/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/tri/ReflectionPackableMethod.java
+++ b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-triple/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/tri/ReflectionPackableMethod.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.$ECHO;
-import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.PROTOBUF_MESSAGE_CLASS_NAME;
+import static org.apache.dubbo.common.utils.ProtobufUtils.isProtobufClass;
 
 public class ReflectionPackableMethod implements PackableMethod {
 
@@ -269,21 +269,6 @@ public class ReflectionPackableMethod implements PackableMethod {
         return RX_RETURN_CLASS.equalsIgnoreCase(clz.getName());
     }
 
-    static boolean isProtobufClass(Class<?> clazz) {
-        while (clazz != Object.class && clazz != null) {
-            Class<?>[] interfaces = clazz.getInterfaces();
-            if (interfaces.length > 0) {
-                for (Class<?> clazzInterface : interfaces) {
-                    if (PROTOBUF_MESSAGE_CLASS_NAME.equalsIgnoreCase(clazzInterface.getName())) {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     private static String convertHessianFromWrapper(String serializeType) {
         if (TripleConstant.HESSIAN4.equals(serializeType)) {
             return TripleConstant.HESSIAN2;