diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/InitProducerIdRequest.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/InitProducerIdRequest.java
index 8255888fd76..5051890b182 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/InitProducerIdRequest.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/requests/InitProducerIdRequest.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class InitProducerIdRequest extends AbstractRequest {
                 .setErrorCode(Errors.forException(e).code())
                 .setProducerId(RecordBatch.NO_PRODUCER_ID)
                 .setProducerEpoch(RecordBatch.NO_PRODUCER_EPOCH)
-                .setThrottleTimeMs(0);
+                .setThrottleTimeMs(throttleTimeMs);
         return new InitProducerIdResponse(response);
     }