diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
index bbe2f1431ee..88a65ca0ee4 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
@@ -753,8 +753,11 @@ public class GroupCoordinatorShard implements CoordinatorShard<CoordinatorRecord
             }
         });
 
-        log.info("Generated {} tombstone records while cleaning up group metadata in {} milliseconds.",
-            records.size(), time.milliseconds() - startMs);
+        if (!records.isEmpty()) {
+            log.info("Generated {} tombstone records while cleaning up group metadata in {} milliseconds.",
+                records.size(), time.milliseconds() - startMs);
+        }
+
         // Reschedule the next cycle.
         scheduleGroupMetadataExpiration();
         return new CoordinatorResult<>(records, false);