diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/MockConsumer.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/MockConsumer.java
index 7b268fe0f49..303f8e5f1dd 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/MockConsumer.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/MockConsumer.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class MockConsumer<K, V> implements Consumer<K, V> {
      * @param maxPollRecords the max.poll.records.
      */
     public synchronized void setMaxPollRecords(long maxPollRecords) {
-        if (this.maxPollRecords < 1) {
+        if (maxPollRecords < 1) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("MaxPollRecords must be strictly superior to 0");
         }
         this.maxPollRecords = maxPollRecords;